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Borussia Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke has labelled Dean Saunders an “arrogant idiot” after claiming former Liverpool forward Sadio Mane will “coast for two years” at Bayern Munich.

The Reds allowed Mane to move to Bayern this summer in a £35.1m transfer after the Senegal international told the Liverpool hierarchy that he wanted to leave for a fresh challenge.



“Why would you leave Liverpool when everybody loves you, the manager loves you, your teammates love you?



Liverpool have signed Darwin Nunez to replace the goals lost by selling Mane, who bagged 120 goals in 269 appearances in all competitions over his six seasons at the club.



“I’m still baffled why he’s gone,” Saunders told talkSPORT last week.

On Saunders’ comments, Watzke told Bild: “There are always some arrogant idiots like this one.

It’s way too loud and it’s not even July Mane won the Premier League, Champions League, League Cup, FA Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup during his time at Liverpool and Saunders – who played for the Reds in their 1991-92 season – insisted Mane’s move to Bayern is not a “challenge” for him as he will play in “third gear” in the Bundesliga.