Darwin Nunez in, Sadio Mane out: All part of Liverpool’s methodical evolution

Darwin Nunez joining Liverpool and Sadio Mane leaving for Bayern Munich are examples of how a club has evolved and how clever planning made a difficult assignment simple.

There has been talk that Sadio Mane’s time at Anfield is over after the arrival of Darwin Nunez during the previous week.

Mohamed Salah’s declaration that he would stay at Liverpool this summer prompted the same discussion before the Champions League final: a fresh start for the Senegal international.

Even while Mane’s decision to join Bayern Munich was driven by the need to find a top successor and prevent losing two of the league’s best strikers to free agency the next season, the truth is that his departure was unavoidable.

Evolution, both for Liverpool and the player, is the simple explanation. Mane was the first game-changer under Jürgen Klopp, and his contributions on and off the field over the past six years have been crucial to the club’s success.