Liverpool Boss Jurgen Klopp Opens Up on the ‘Painless’ Departure of Talisman Sadio Mane

• Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has explained why Sadio Mane's Liverpool exit was fairly simple
• The 30-year-old forward penned a lucrative three-year contract with Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich, worth £250,000 a week
• Mane enjoyed a successful six-year spell with the Reds, where he won the Premier League, the Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA Super Cup, FA Cup and Carabao Cup

Jurgen Klopp has shed light on Sadio Mane's summer transfer to Bayern Munich.

Mane, 30, completed a three-year deal with German giants Bayern Munich this summer, ending his six-storied seasons with Liverpool.

The recently crowned African Best Player has already hit the ground running since swapping the Premier League for the Bundesliga, scoring on his debut for the Bavarian giants against DC United.

Reflecting on Sadio Mane's exit, Klopp explained how the Senegalese talisman's transfer was done with no fuss.

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"Sadio told me and his agent told me that he was looking for a new challenge," Klopp stated via GOAL.

"If that happens early enough, like this case, and if that happens in the right way and the player and the agent are working, and the new club where they want to go is ready for negotiations, then it should be like it was now."

Klo-yeapp continued: "Then you say 'thank you' with the biggest respect ever."

"I couldn't have more respect for Sadio, what a player he is and I wish him the best - and he will play for ages, he can play until 38 or 39 with his body, it's absolutely crazy."

"Bayern have got a really good player. It shows these kinds of transfers can work like this.

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"We will want to use it in the future as an example, it's completely normal that sometimes in relationships there are changes needed.

"In this case, Sadio wanted it and we reacted and now we both try to make the best of it. I'm really fine with the situation. We will miss him from a sports point of view and as a person as well. But I am fine because that's how life is."

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