SADIO MANE has reportedly reached a full verbal agreement to join Bayern Munich.
But Liverpool are yet to accept a suitable bid from the German champions.
Fabrizio Romano claims Mane’s move to Bayern is closer than ever before.
That’s because the Senegal star has struck terms on a lucrative three-year contract.
Mane has made it clear to Liverpool that he wants to quit the club this summer.
And Jurgen Klopp has already moved to ensure he has a replacement after spending a potential club record £85million on Benfica’s Darwin Nunez.
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However, Bayern are yet to meet Liverpool’s asking price for Mane, reportedly around £42m.
They have already failed with two offers for the forward.
And it’s reckoned Bayern’s next bid will be £35m, which they believe will be enough to land 30-year-old Mane – who is in the final year of his Anfield contract.
Mane is now pushing hard to complete his Bavarian move as soon as possible.
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And he has received the backing of his international boss Aliou Cisse, who reckons Bayern is the best club for Mane’s immediate needs.
Cisse said: "It's not just Sadio, I'm going to talk about it for all those players who are in a situation where they have to find a club. It's complicated.
"Why? Because it is all this problem that awaits us for the World Cup which is in November.
"And I tell my boys to try to settle the contract problems so that when their respective championships resume, they will have already found a base. I heard about Sadio at Bayern.
"Bayern is intensity, pressure football with a German coach. Sadio played in Salzburg in Austria which is a border country, and that means he is not going into unknown territory.
"For me, the club where he will feel the best is Bayern."
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