The Senegal captain hopes to bounce back from a slow start at his new club.
Sadio Mane has admitted his adapting at Bayern hasn’t been “easy at all”.
The Senegal international ended his glorious Liverpool spell to join Bayern as an indirect replacement for Robert Lewandowski this summer.
Following a strong start to the season, Mane seemed to have lost his rhythm in Bayern’s last few games before the recent international break.
“It is going well,” he told UEFEA a day after scoring for Bayern in their 4-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen.
“Switching from one club to another is not easy. I spent eight very nice years in England, six years at Liverpool [after] two at Southampton, and now I am in a new country.
“It is not easy because everything changes so suddenly: people, training, everything. Everything is changing so it is not easy at all. I need to adapt. I knew that and it came as no surprise. It is happening just the way I imagined it.
“People here are welcoming, and they’re real players. People around the club are amazing so I am very happy.”
Bayern faced Leverkusen on the back of a four-game winless in the Bundesliga. As the Bavarians prepare to return to Champions League this Tuesday, Mane insists he has no doubts over Bayern’s quality and hunger to bounce back.
“We have a very, very young squad. It’s the first time in my career that I have been part of such a young group,” he added.
“What really stands out to me is that they’re all hungry. They all want to develop and they’re attentive too. Training sessions are as intense as the games. It’s important as I think it makes a real difference and it shows.
“It’s so easy to play alongside these youngsters, who are massively talented and promising.”
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