The clauses that Spartak received from Bayern included ‘win the European song contest’, ‘Man United win the trophy’ and ‘Messi move to Real Madrid’.
Russia’s most successful club, Spartak Moscow, took to social media to mock Bayern Munich’s current unorthodox bid proposal for Sadio Mane.
Bayern and Liverpool’s negotiations for Mane got off to an awkward start. The German giants offered the Senegalese striker well below the market price.
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Most recently, Liverpool rejected Bayern’s second offer of £23.5 million plus an additional £6.5 million clause on unusual terms, namely if the Bundesliga giants won the Champions League and Mane won the Ballon d’Or during the contract period.
Mane’s contract at Liverpool remains until June 2023, aka the end of next season. Meanwhile, Bayern are said to be tying the 30-year-old to a three-year contract.
The strange clause became a byword, one interesting response came from the English-language Twitter account Spartak Moscow who posted a fake offer from Bayern for their star striker, Aleksandr Sobolev.
The prank email made an initial offer of €1,000 for Sobolev, whose value would increase by €10 million if Bayern won the Eurovision Song Contest.
Then that figure will rise to €15 million if Manchester United wins the trophy, and €20 million if former Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi joins arch-rivals Real Madrid.
