Al Nassr winger Sadio Mane buys National 2 side Bourges Foot 18

As announced by the press earlier today, Sadio Mane has bought National 2 side Bourges Foot 18.

In a press conference, the club made the news official. "I can confirm the official arrival of Sadio Mane as a partner of Bourges Foot 18. I would like to extend my warmest greetings to him. It's an official arrival in the presence of Cheikh Sylla, the club's president. Sadio Mane has humanist values, he's close to people and he wants to have a social project," said the town's mayor, with whom the 2022 Ballon d'Or runner-up has reportedly been working for several months.

Acording to a close friend of Cheikh Sylla, the club's chairman, the Senegalese had wanted to invest in this project for three years, more precisely since October 2020.

The former Liverpool striker, who was present at the press conference via video, was keen to say a few words, in particular expressing his delight. "It's a great pleasure to support my friend Cheikh Sylla's project. We've been talking for 3 years. We're going to work together to develop and structure the club and make it more professional. It's going to be a huge challenge, but the local population will be involved and we'll get there. The mayor and the chairman have convinced me of the need to achieve immediate goals.