Bourges Foot 18, a National 2 club, announced this Wednesday, October 25 that Senegalese international Sadio Mané, runner-up for the Ballon d’Or in 2022, would lead a “project to professionalize local football”.
The news had already surprised everyone on Tuesday, the confirmation arrives this Wednesday, October 25. The Bourges Foot 18 club, playing in National 2, now benefits from “structural support” of the Senegalese international Sadio Mané, affirms the management in a press release, confirming the information of Berry Republican.
Concretely, the player wishes “carry out a project to professionalize local football“, et “develop the club at national level and in the detection of young players“. The press release also specifies the need to find “new sponsors“to finance the project in its entirety. Because the club aims to position itself”as a real social actor for the city“.
According to the local press, Sadio Mané could take control of Bourges Foot 18, after an upcoming and possible resignation of the current president, Cheikh Sylla.
The press release specifies that the project has been discussed since 2020, involving discussions with the mayor of Bourges, Yann Galut. The latter also met Sadio Mané in Liverpool, in the presence of Cheikh Sylla, to discuss the project. The councilor would be “interested in the social dimension of the project“, and in its way of being part of “its policy of promoting Bourges“.
Born in Senegal in 1992, Sadio Mané enjoyed his years as a striker for Liverpool. He scored 120 goals between 2016 and 2022, and won the Champions League and the Club World Cup in 2019. Like Cristiano Ronaldo, he has been playing for Al-Nassr FC in Saudi Arabia since 2023. Selected for the Senegalese national team, he won the African Cup in 2021. In 2022, he came second in the Ballon d’Or ranking, behind the winner, Frenchman Karim Benzema.
2023-10-26 00:37:46
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