For weeks, persistent rumors have been circulating in the media that Robert Lewandowski wants to leave Bayern Munich, and that Bayern could consider saying goodbye if the contract with the Polish striker cannot be extended satisfactorily. Now Bavaria’s CEO Oliver Kahn has intervened in the discussion and taken a clear position.
“We definitely have Robert Lewandowski for another season. Robert knows what he’s got at Bayern, and of course we at Bayern also know what we’ve got in him,” said Kahn ahead of the quarter-final second leg of the Champions League FC Bayern and FC Villarreal clearly clear to “Amazon Prime Video”.
Apparently there is a “competition out there who will tell the biggest nonsense story about Robert Lewandowski,” Kahn continued. On Monday, Polish media reported that the transfer of their football hero to FC Barcelona was said to be fixed.
“We’re not crazy and are discussing a change from a player who scores between 30 and 40 goals with us every season. I don’t think that can be,” Kahn vehemently sweeps the rumors off the table.
Ex-Bayern goalgetter Mario Gomez still believes that the situation is leaving its mark. “I think you know that it’s not easy to find a player who guarantees you 50 goals a season. But I do think that all these little interferences from outside what’s going on with the team and the lack of ease of the unconditional is because it does something to the team mentally and that’s why you don’t play football so detached anymore. That’s a shame, because now it’s crunch time.”
The ex-German national player would therefore like Lewandowski to be a little more sensitive: “I would like a player like Robert Lewandowski, who owes FC Bayern so much to thank, to step on the gas pedal. He’s my absolute number one , but that’s a bit too much selfishness for me when it comes to our own future,” said Gomez.
FC Bayern “in very good talks”
Kahn followed the statement with a nod, but immediately countered: “On the other hand, it is of course also the case that a certain amount of friction is not that bad. Especially at FC Bayern there are constant discussions about personal details, about players. In But once the game starts, it’s all about being successful.” Lewandowski also lives and embodies this, explained the former goalkeeper titan.
In addition, as with Thomas Müller, they are “in very good talks”. But you will only report something if there is something to report.
Meanwhile, Kahn did not want to comment on the Ajax duo Noussair Mazraoui and Ryan Gravenberch, who are traded at FC Bayern. “We don’t talk about players from other clubs,” Kahn evades. “There’s also respect involved.” Everything is “a process”.