Sadio Mane and Joao Cancelo ‘have NO future at Bayern Munich’ as Thomas Tuchel knocks out ex-Liverpool star after his bust-ups and goal drought to send Man City back to the Premier League on loan
Sadio Mane and Joao Cancelo “have no future at Bayern Munich” and both players are expected to leave the German club this summer.
Senegal striker Mané, 31, only joined the Bundesliga champions last summer in a deal worth an initial £27.4 million from Liverpool.
He scored 12 times for Bayern in an injury-disrupted season, but he will be best remembered for his confrontation with Leroy Sane in the dressing room after they lost 3-0 to Manchester City in the Champions League.
Mane’s playing time has been limited all season and that situation has hardly changed since Thomas Tuchel replaced Julian Nagelsmann as their manager.
He was introduced from the bench only five minutes into their 6-0 win over Schalke on Saturday, although he thrashed Noussair Mazraoui on the tee to score in stoppage time.
Sadio Mane (left) and Joao Cancelo (right) reportedly will not be Bayern players next season
Thomas Tuchel is prepared to be ruthless as he molds the Bayern squad ahead of next season
An on-pitch altercation between Sadio Mane (left) and Leroy Sane (right) last month escalated into a dressing room brawl in which the latter suffered a bloodied lip
The former Liverpool striker will start on the bench for Bayern’s big games
And Sky Sports Germany report that this was a ‘clear sign’ that Mane will be put on Bayern’s transfer list this summer. They add that only Premier League clubs are likely to be able to afford Mane’s €20 million [£17.4m] salary.
Meanwhile, Portuguese right-back Cancelo, 28, has spent the second half of the season on loan at Bayern from Manchester City.
He appeared in 19 games during the period, scoring once and scoring six more goals.
His lease included the €70 million [£60m] option for Bayern to buy Cancelo from City this summer, but Sky reports that this seems unlikely, despite the option to price Bayern down.
With Cancelo confident he will not return to City after falling out of favor with Pep Guardiola, reports suggest Barcelona are interested in taking him on loan next season.
Cancelo moved from Manchester City to Bayern on loan in January but is not expected to be signed
Bayern need two wins from their remaining two Bundesliga games to clinch another title
Bayern is embroiled in a battle for the title in the Bundesliga. With two rounds to go, they are just one point ahead of Borussia Dortmund at the top of the standings.
They will host RB Leipzig this Saturday before making the trip to Cologne on the final afternoon – May 27. Dortmund, meanwhile, travel to Augsburg this Sunday before entertaining Mainz.
This would be the only silverware of a disappointing season at the Allianz Arena, with Bayern crashing 4-1 on aggregate against City in the quarter-finals of the Champions League and being beaten by Freiburg at the same stage of the German Cup.