Sane asks Bayern to be lenient with Mane
According to the German TV channel Sport1, Sane directly met with the members of the board of directors and asked the club not to severely fine Mane to close the noise. The German striker also objected to Bayern's two-year early termination of the contract with his teammates.
The 27-year-old star wants to ignore the incident and focus on the end of the season. After being eliminated in the German Cup, Bayern also competed in the Bundesliga and Champions League. "Gray Lobster" currently leads the Bundesliga with 58 points, two points more than Dortmund, but has difficulty in the European Cup when losing 0-3 to Man City in the quarterfinals of the first leg.
Sport1 said the two stars of Bayern made peace, and also apologized to teammates for the incident during the team meeting on the afternoon of April 13. When he hit the training ground soon after, Sane was in the same group as Mane, laughing during the warm-up, and even kicking the same team together when coach Thomas Tuchel split the squad for practice.
On the same day, Bayern announced that Mane was suspended in the match against Hoffenheim on April 15 for "bad behavior after the match against Bayern", without specifying what the 31-year-old striker did. "Gray Lobster" also announced a fine for Mane, but did not specify the number.
According to German newspaper Bild, Bayern initially planned to fine Mane up to six figures - the most severe penalty in the team. But after Sane's move, the Senegal striker is unlikely to have to pay such a large fine.
In the 83rd minute of the Bayern match as a guest at the Etihad Stadium on April 11, Mane ran in an open space but Sane passed an error, causing them to quarrel on the field. At the end of the match with a 0-3 loss to Man City, these two players continued to argue when they returned to the dressing room. Suddenly Mane punched Sane in the face causing the German player's lips to bleed. Teammates quickly intervened to avoid scuffles. After the team went to the airport to return to Munich, Mane left in a private car, while Sane took the bus with the team.
According to the British Mirror, despite escaping a heavy penalty, Mane's future is unclear because CEO Oliver Kahn and sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic want to see the striker's reaction and performance before deciding in the summer of 2023. In Germany, Mane fell, unable to occupy the starting position and only scored 11 and created five goals in 32 matches in all competitions since the beginning of the season. In the last 10 matches, he mainly sat on the bench waiting for a substitution, did not score any goals and provided only one assist.
Sport1 believes that Bayern can sell Mane to get funds to buy a striker - a position that is lacking after Robert Lewandowski arrives at Barca in the summer of 2022. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting has not performed badly this season with 17 goals in 28 matches, but he is 34 years old and is not completely trusted by the management. The Cameroon striker also missed the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Man City because of a knee injury, and left open the possibility of a return in the second leg.
