\u201cWe\u2019re sure that Sadio Mane will delight our fans in the coming years with his spectacular style of play. He\u2019s ambitious and eager to win more titles. This package is very strong. With players like him at FC Bayern, all the biggest goals are possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last week Liverpool confirmed the signing of Uruguay forward Darwin Nunez from Benfica for an initial \u00a364m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a farewell interview for the Liverpool website, Mane said: \u201cIt is really strange to no longer be a Liverpool player but I had an unbelievable time. I am going to be Liverpool\u2019s number one fan forever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Does Mane departure mark \u2018end of era\u2019 at Anfield?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
With Jurgen Klopp having been appointed Liverpool manager in October 2015, Mane was the German\u2019s first major signing at Anfield the following summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Roberto Firmino was already at the club and Mohammed Salah arrived in 2017 to complete what would become one of the greatest forward lines in Premier League history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In five seasons in all competitions, they scored 338 goals between them, helping Liverpool become champions of Europe for the sixth time in 2019 and then win the English league title for the first time in 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the trio moving into or near to their 30s, Liverpool prepared for the evolution of their attacking ranks by signing Diogo Jota and then Luis Diaz, but Mane\u2019s departure could be seen as the end of an era at Anfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a big moment, there is no point in anyone trying to pretend otherwise,\u201d Klopp told the Liverpool website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOne of Liverpool\u2019s greatest ever players is leaving and we must acknowledge how significant this is. But we must not dwell on what we now lose, instead celebrate what we were privileged to have.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Will the summer signings of Nunez and teenager Fabio Carvalho from Fulham, allied with the arrivals of Jota and Diaz, spark a second phase of success for Klopp on Merseyside?<\/p>\n\n\n\n