Sadio Mane honors his Muslim principles by refusing to hold a beer in the team photo for Bayern Munich, which is sponsored.
Bayern Munich has made images from their usual photo shoot available in honor of their collaboration with the Munich-based brewery Paulaner.
The photoshoot featured all members of the Bayern Munich first team in traditional German outfits called Lederhosen, posing in orderly sitting and standing positions.
All but two of the 31 players in the team photoshoot was holding a tall glass of Paulaner beer each, most notably Sadio Mane.
Sadio Mane empty-handed
Mane was one of seven players sitting in front but while the other six could be seen visibly holding up their glasses of beer, the Senegalese forward was with his hands down held together.
The ever-smiling Mane is an openly practicing Muslim and his religion forbids the consumption or association with alcohol of any form which is presumably why he was without a beer in the photo.
The Bayern Munich new signing is one of two openly Muslim players in the current Bayern Munich squad, the other being Moroccan defender Noussair Mazraoui who was also empty-handed.
Sadio Mane is openly Muslim Getty Images
Mazraoui was in the second row of the photo shoot, posing with his hands behind his back.
Bayern and Paulaner
Paulaner is a German brewery, established in 1634 in Munich and is one of the six breweries that provide beer for Oktoberfest, an annual German celebration in which Bayern are heavily involved.
Bayern stars uphold traditional Twitter
Both Munich-based institutions have established a relationship over the years and the annual photoshoot is one of the ways they celebrate their alliance.
The famous 3-liter beer glasses 3-liter beer glasses have become a part of Bayern Munich’s history over the years.
