"Mane will ruin the best two years of his life as a footballer"

Sadio Mane has just become Bayern Munich's biggest signing of the current transfer window. The Senegalese swapped England for Germany after leaving Liverpool to sign for the Bavarian outfit.

"I can't believe he's leaving Liverpool. I don't know how it's got to this point. He's 30, I think of all his time at the club, the last six months he's played the best football. Unstoppable at times.", began Saunders on his analysis of Mane's move.

He then went on to compare the level of the Premier League with that of the Bundesliga: "It’s not a challenge. He will get in his armchair, light a cigar up, he’ll play for Bayern in third gear and he’ll coast for two years and ruin the best two years of his life as a footballer".

"At the end of his career, if he said to you: ‘come and look at my trophy cabinet’, the German league winners medal will be right at the back", he sentenced.