Mane joins Saudi side Al Nassr from Bayern

RIYADH, Aug 02 (Agencies): Bayern Munich's Senegal forward Sadio Mane has joined Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr after one season with the Bundesliga champions, both clubs said on Tuesday.
Financial details were not disclosed but media reports said the Saudis paid €40 million ($43.85 million) for the 31-year-old who had two more years left on his Bayern contract.
Mane moved to Bayern last year with high hopes after netting 120 goals in 269 games for Liverpool where he won the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and Club World Cup.
He was a key figure in the Merseyside club's attack but failed to make the same impression at Bayern, where he fell out with team mate Leroy Sane and hit the German winger - an offence for which he was fined and suspended.
The twice African Footballer of the Year averaged more than 20 goals a season in his last five campaigns with Liverpool but scored only 12 for Bayern.
"We want to thank Sadio Mane for the past season," Bayern CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen told the club website. "It certainly hasn't been an easy year for him, suffering an injury just before the World Cup and missing out on participation with Senegal, whom he had earlier led to their maiden Africa Cup of Nations triumph and World Cup qualification.
"Due to the long downtime, he wasn't able to contribute as much to FC Bayern as we and he himself had hoped. That's why we decided together that he should start a new chapter in his career and make a fresh start at another club." Mane joins an Al Nassr outfit who have strengthened their squad since the marquee signing of Cristiano Ronaldo last term.
The Saudis, who were runners-up last season, have signed midfielders Marcelo Brozovic from Inter Milan and Seko Fofana from Lens while left back Alex Telles has also joined from Manchester United.
Al-Nassr were banned from registering new players earlier this month due to outstanding debts, with FIFA saying they had to pay €460,000 ($504,712.00) related to the transfer of Nigerian Ahmed Musa from Leicester City.
Meanwhile, Barcelona boss Xavi Hernandez confirmed on Tuesday that Ousmane Dembele is poised to leave the Spanish giants after receiving an offer from Paris Saint-Germain.
Dembele, 26, was left on the bench on Tuesday as Barcelona wrapped up their North American pre-season tour with a 1-0 win over AC Milan in Las Vegas.
Afterward, Xavi told Spanish television that French international Dembele -- who scored in last weekend's victory over Real Madrid in Dallas -- had been left out after informing Barcelona he wanted to leave.
"I will be very clear," Xavi said. "He has asked us that he wants to leave, he has been very direct, that he has a proposal from Paris Saint-Germain, that they have called him from there and here we cannot do anything. It is his personal decision.