It’s emerged that Sadio Mane’s fate as a Bayern Munich player may have been saved by team-mate Leroy Sane, who he allegedly punched on Tuesday night.
According to the German newspaper Bild, Leroy Sane spoke to the Bayern board asking them not to cancel the contract of the Senegalese star. The club, which had been considering a range of punishments, instead opted to suspend the winger for this weekend’s Bundesliga clash against Hoffenheim and hand out an undisclosed fine.
The pair clashed repeatedly on the field during Bayern’s Tuesday night capitulation against Manchester City. Matters escalated in the dressing room after the game with team-mates forced to separate the players with Mane allegedly punching Sane in the face. Bayern swiftly dealt with the issue after the players returned to training on Thursday, Bild also report that the matter is considered ‘as closed’.
