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- Mane describes his obsession, playing with objects including grapefruit and stones as a child, when footballs weren't readily available. In his village, as the best player, his nickname was 'Ballonbuwa', or 'ball wizard'. In 2008, when he was 16, Mane actually ran away to Dakar in secret, to try out for a team there.
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- Mane had to run away to play football. Perhaps you already know this story, but, as a boy, growing up in a small village called Bambali in Senegal, Sadio Mane's family weren't actually that keen on him kicking a ball about for a living.
- His hero growing up was El Hadji Diouf. Sadio Mane would have been 10 years old when Senegal reached the 2002 World Cup quarter-finals and Africa Cup of Nations final, with a team that included stars like Aliou Cisse, Khalilou Fadiga and El Hadji Diouf.
- The weather in Europe was a shock to the system. Mane left Senegal to join French team FC Metz in 2011. The first thing that he noticed on arrival in France, in January, was the wind.
- Mane made a bad first impression on Jurgen Klopp. In a very candid moment in the documentary, Jurgen Klopp tells us about a bad judgement call he made, as manager of Dortmund, when Mane was introduced to him.
Jun 21, 2022 · Sadio Mane has explained why he opted to leave Liverpool to join Bayern Munich. The Reds agreed a deal to sell the 30-year-old to the Bundesliga giants in a deal worth £35m.
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Jun 22, 2022 · Sadio Mane has revealed his imminent move from Liverpool to Bayern Munich is the right decision at the right time. The 30-year-old, who had a year remaining on his contract at Anfield, is set...
Jun 22, 2022 · Mane's move to Bayern Munich leaves one of the Premier League's greatest forward lines in history shorn of a key component - one who has scored 120 goals in 269 games to help Liverpool win every...
Jun 22, 2022 · Sadio Mane says his motivation to leave Liverpool for Bayern Munich was driven by a new challenge, having won everything with Liverpool.
Jun 22, 2022 · Sadio Mane has opened up on why he decided to leave Liverpool and admitted it was “really strange” to no longer be a part of the club.
Jun 22, 2022 · Sadio Mane will forever be an ardent Liverpool supporter following his transfer to Bayern Munich. It was confirmed on Wednesday that Mane’s glittering six-year spell on Merseyside has come to an end, with the forward swapping Anfield for the Allianz Arena.
