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title: "Mane reveals Pep Guardiola wanted him at Bayern"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Alex Murray"
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published: "2019-02-14T11:29:05Z"
modified: "2019-02-14T11:32:36Z"
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# Mane reveals Pep Guardiola wanted him at Bayern

Sadio Mane has revealed that Pep Guardiola wanted to sign him at Bayern Munich, the forward has revealed.

The Senegalese forward has spoken about how the Spaniard wanted to bring him to the Bavarian giants back in 2014, when Mane was playing his football for Red Bull Salzburg.

![EuroFootball/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/readliverpoolfc/2019/02/184059841.jpg)

Speaking to [Sport](https://sportbild.bild.de/)[Bild](https://sportbild.bild.de/), Mane revealed that Guardiola became interested in him after a friendly against Bayern.

> In January 2014 we had a friendly against Bayern in Salzburg, the coach was then still Pep Guardiola and we surprised them with our way of playing.

> My adviser Björn Bezemer later informed me that there was contact with Bayern after the match, but I don’t think they were really interested.

However, Mane would go on to join Southampton that Summer for £11.8 million, before then joining the Reds after impressing on the South Coast.

Mane will face off against Bayern next week, with the Reds facing a tough test in the UEFA Champions League knockout stage.

They then face a tough test against Manchester United the weekend after, with Pep Guardiola’s City sitting top of the table as it stands.

However, Mane would hope to fire the Reds to another Champions League final after the Reds heroics last season.