Sadio Mane admits why he really left Liverpool after considering move to Premier League rival

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The Senegal international had a year left on his Reds contract when he decided to seek pastures new after six years at Anfield.The forward ended up signing for Bayern Munich in a deal worth up to £35m, though the full add-ons were never activated, with his time in Germany ultimately only lasting one season.The 33-year-old won every major honour during his time with Liverpool as he established himself as a Reds legend, returning 120 goals and 38 assists from 269 appearances.READ MORE: Sadio Mane admits truth about Mohamed Salah relationship and what happened after Liverpool fightHowever, it was repeatedly suggested that he shared an uneasy relationship with Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah, with the Reds going on to make the Egyptian the best-paid player in the club’s history when tying him down to a new contract the same summer that Mane moved on.The Senegalese ultimately played down suggestions of a feud with Salah when appearing on the Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast.And he explained why he really wanted to leave Liverpool in the same interview, admitting that he wanted to leave his comfort zone after six trophy-laden years at Anfield.“I think I've been in Liverpool six, almost seven years,” he said. “Six years, so, you know, I come from far and all my life has been a challenge.“And of course when I came to Liverpool, Liverpool wasn’t even in the Champions League, you know how it is.

Let's try to try something (else) because I have almost won everything here.“So my challenge is not because… of course some things can happen or blah blah, but for me that was not really important.“The motivation for me to go somewhere, okay to see… to leave my comfort zone and to do something else in the other part. So that was my reason why I say, ‘Okay let's try.

But despite offers to stay in Europe, he revealed why he ultimately chose to make the move to Al-Nassr.“I think without going to Bayern Munich, maybe I would not be here,” he said. My agent called me and he said, ‘Listen, we have offers from Saudis and Europe also.’“I say, ‘Okay, let’s see which is the best and which is interesting.