'Anything is possible'

The man with a grin as potent as his footballing talent is doing a fine job of finding his feet at Bayern München. Sadio Mané tells us about his new club, his time at Liverpool and the childhood that shaped his winning mentality

WORDS Ian Holyman & Chris Burke | INTERVIEW Jérôme Vitoux | PHOTOGRAPHY Adam Pretty

Interview
Sadio Mané has managed to squeeze every last drop out of the talent he first honed by juggling an orange as a boy – just don’t expect him to squeeze the fruit itself as well. Even though the Bayern forward loves a challenge (a point he proved again this summer by calling time on his trophy-rich adventure with Liverpool), there are limits. “I try to make him drink orange juice, but he has a bit of trouble,” grins Benjamin Pavard, one of Mané’s new team-mates in Bavaria. “He only drinks water.”
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