When it was announced that Bayern Munich would pursue Sadio Mane as its main target this summer, the rumor was laughed off as totally insane. After all, Liverpool would never let one of their main players go for anything short of an arm and a leg (plus twenty incremental payments spread out over the duration of the contract, like with Philippe Coutinho).

Now, according to Florian Plettenberg, who broke the Mane news originally, the Senegalese winger is actually much more affordable than originally thought.