Liverpool signed Darwin Nunez on a six-year deal from Benfica for a club-record fee of £85m before agreeing the £35m sale of Sadio Mane to Bayern;

Liverpool signed Darwin Nunez on a six-year deal from Benfica for a club-record fee of £85m before agreeing the £35m sale of Sadio Mane to Bayern

the moves are part of the evolution

Sadio Mane's exit for Bayern Munich and Darwin Nunez's entry into Liverpool is a story of team evolution and how a taxing task was made straightforward by smart methodology...

Over the past week, there has been discourse suggesting the signing of Darwin Nunez spelled the end of Sadio Mane's Anfield career.

of Jurgen Klopp's teamPrior to the Champions League final, Mohamed Salah's assertion that he would be remaining at Liverpool this summer sp

While getting a premier replacement in, and not wanting to lose two world-class forwards on a free next year forms part of the context of Mane's switch to Bayern Munich, the truth is his exit was an eventuality.

The reason is simple: Evolution - on the player's behalf and Liverpool's. Mane was the first transformer of the Jurgen Klopp era and the club's successes over the past six years are owed in large part to his contributions on and off the ball.

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Mane has earned a fresh challenge, surroundings, and responsibility while Liverpool continue their process of advancing the squad without being heavily clouded by sentiment.

Back in 2018, when the club prioritised a policy of retention and tied Roberto Firmino, Salah and Mane down with new long-term contracts, they visualised a number of scenarios.

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