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Bayern wanted me but I had no interest going there - Mane

Liverpool star Sadio Mane says that he was wanted by Pep Guardiola and Bayern Munich when the Spaniard was at the club but it was a move that he was not interested in.

The approach came in January 2014, and Mane was starring for Red Bull Salzburg after joining the club from Metz in 2012.

In the midst of a second season where he would go on to score 23 goals in 50 appearances, Mane caught the eye of Guardiola and Bayern during a January friendly.

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Mane scored just 12 minutes into that friendly, then fired again just five minutes later to double Salzburg's advantage against a Bayern backline featuring David Alaba, Jerome Boateng, Dante and Javi Martinez.