Sadio Mane has taken an attention-grabbing new step away from his personal on-field profession after shopping for a majority stake in fourth-tier French facet Bourges Foot 18.
Liverpool’s former No. 10 left Anfield for Bayern Munich in the summertime of 2022, however he has already moved on from the Bundesliga champions having joined the exodus to Saudi Arabia.
The 31-year-old now performs for Al Nassr, however his focus has not solely been on his personal efficiency on the pitch as he’s now a membership proprietor in France.
The announcement of Mane changing into the proprietor of Bourges Foot 18 was made on Wednesday, the fruits of a three-year course of with good friend and membership president Cheikh Sylla.
Bourges Foot 18 is positioned in a small city in France and the membership at present play within the fourth tier, they’ve by no means performed greater than the second division all through their historical past.
L’arrivée annoncée de @SMane_Officiel au @BourgesFoot18, c’est poser les jalons du maintien de l’adn du membership tout en allant chercher la efficiency, sans oublier la #Formation #AiderLesJeunes #FédérerLesActeursEco… pic.twitter.com/RxNMcxr2fq
— Ville de Bourges – Officiel (@VilleDeBourges) October 25, 2023
With Mane now on board, the French facet have “laid the foundations for the professionalisation of the membership” and have set the objective of “Ligue 2 for 2030,” president Sylla advised L’Equipe.
“[Sadio] doesn’t come there to commerce and get wealthy on us in a number of years, however he doesn’t come to take a position tens of millions at a loss both,” Sylla added.
Mane has been in contact with the membership since 2020 and has beforehand helped them financially having first made contact after being knowledgeable of Sylla’s Senegalese origin.
It’s an attention-grabbing subsequent profession step for Mane, who acknowledged the “immense” problem that lay in wait in a video message for the announcement of the deal.
“We’ve been working with town for the previous three years,” Mane mentioned. “We’re right here to nurture and organise the membership.
“The problem is immense, but when the folks of Bourges stay concerned, I’m assured we will obtain our targets. I imagine I’ll be visiting Bourges very quickly.”
The league Bourges competes in is made up of each beginner {and professional} golf equipment – these in higher tiers of French soccer area their reserves within the division, together with Toulouse.
