German media report that the Senegalese is expected to stay at Bayern Munich but will be temporarily suspended by management. A version officially confirmed by Bayern.
It is an incident that Bayern Munich would have liked to do without following the rout experienced on the lawn in Manchester. A few moments after the slap received against Skyblues by Pep Guardiola (0-3), a heated altercation broke out between Bavarian attackers, Sadio Mané and Leroy Sané. The two players first fell out on the lawn of the Etihad Stadium before returning to the locker room.
Words were then exchanged between the two players of Thomas Tuchel, before the Senegalese international, who criticized his teammate for his way of speaking on the pitch, struck his German teammate on the lip. They then had to be separated by the Bavarian locker room, shocked by this stroke of blood from the former Liverpool striker, who arrived last summer from the Mersey.
Mané sanctioned
This scuffle in the spans of the Mancunian lair which did not help the case of the 2021 African Champion Lion, already in bad sport after missing the Qatari World Cup, since he still has not found the way to the nets since the start of 2023. Since Wednesday evening, the FCB has not yet officially reacted to the quarrel between Sané and Mané, but the German media have already leaked the decision taken by the Bavarian management.
Indeed, according to the latest indiscretions from Sport1 and BILD, Bayern Munich have decided to keep their Senegalese international striker, but have suspended him on a provisional basis. A decision taken after a long consultation between the chairman of the executive board Oliver Kahn and the sports director Hasan Salihamidzic, and this in the wake of the altercation. Sport1 also add that Sané and Mané would have made things clear on the incident, training normally with the group this Thursday.
In the end, the official decision fell: “Sadio Mané, 31, will not be in the FC Bayern squad for the home match against 1899 Hoffenheim next Saturday. The reason is Mane’s misconduct after FC Bayern’s Champions League game at Manchester City. In addition, Mané will receive a fine”, can we read in the press release published by the Bavarian formation on its official website.
Source: https://www.footmercato.net/