Liverpool refused to make Sadio Mane their highest-paid player during contract negotiations with the forward.

Mane has agreed to join German giants Bayern Munich and is now set to undergo a medical ahead of a £35.1m move. The Senegal international had just a year left on his contract at Anfield meaning they were backed into something of a corner in having to sell.

But Mane had demanded to become the club's top earner in contract negotiations, which Reds chiefs refused to agree to. It would have meant breaking the club's wage structure in order to keep hold of Mane, who turned 30 in April.

Mane only had 12 months left on his Anfield contract and verbally agreed terms on a three-year deal with Bayern worth a reported £250,000-a-week, leaving Liverpool with little bargaining power. Mane had demanded to become Liverpool’s top earner to sign a new deal to stay at Anfield and Liverpool were not prepared to smash their wage structure to keep a player who was 30 in April.

Kopites are sad to see Mane leave because he played a key role in Liverpool’s success under Jurgen Klopp, scoring 120 goals in 269 appearances, to help them win the Champions League, Premier League, FIFA Club World Cup, FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Super Cup.

Mane will become Bayern Munich's third signing of the transfer window following the arrivals of Ajax pair Ryan Gravenberch and Noussair Mazrouai, who both joined last week. As for Liverpool., their summer activity looks set to have come to an end, with Fabio Carvalho and Aberdeen youngster Calvin Ramsay joining Nunez at Anfield next season