Robert Lewandowski wants to go to Barça – and Barça wants Robert Lewandowski. But what does FC Bayern want? The sports director of Munich has now made a statement – and confirmed the striker’s intentions.
According to a report by Sport1, Robert Lewandowski’s adviser and FC Barcelona have verbally agreed that the Bayern striker will move to the Catalans in the summer. Barça is now waiting for an indication from Bayern about the amount of the transfer fee, the TV station reported. No concrete agreement has yet been reached between the clubs. A three-year contract has been announced between Lewandowski’s agent Pini Zahavi and Barcelona.
“Spox” and “Goal” in turn report that this agreement does not (yet) exist. Negotiations are ongoing, but there can be no talk of a decision.
Before Munich’s last game of the season at VfL Wolfsburg, sports director Hasan Salihamidzic confirmed: Lewandowski actually wants to leave Bayern. “I spoke to Lewa. During the conversation he informed me that he did not want to accept our offer to extend his contract and that he would like to leave the club”; explained Salihamidzic on “Sky”. But: “Our attitude hasn’t changed: Lewa has a contract until June 30, 2023. That’s a fact.”
What are Bayern doing?
If Bayern actually insist on fulfilling the contract that runs until 2023 and thus block a change, the Pole would have to stay in Munich for another season. On the other hand, the German soccer record champion faces the dilemma of playing a season with a rather disgruntled Lewandowski and then having to let him go without further income, or to collect a high transfer fee this year.
But the amount of the transfer fee could make Lewandowski’s move to Barcelona impossible, at least for the time being, the Spanish newspaper “Mundo Deportivo” wrote on Saturday. Because if other big European clubs enter the fight for the top scorer, it could quickly become too expensive for the financially troubled FC Barcelona. However, the Spanish newspaper “Sport” reported on Saturday that Bayern had allegedly lowered their claim to 35 to 40 million. Barça also “considered” such a sum, the newspaper continued.