“I would like my offensive partner of such a long time to stay”
“We have experienced many ruptures: right now I remember Ribery’s request to go to Real Madrid”
The future of Robert Lewandowski focuses the attention of the transfer market, with FC Barcelona placed on the ‘pole’ to get his services. The phrase that our teammate Ivan San Antonio extracted from the veteran striker has shaken the foundations of Bayern. “My time at Bayern has come to an end,” Lewandowski said upon his arrival at the Polish national team’s concentration camp to prepare for the matches against Belgium and the Netherlands for the UEFA Nations League.
The declaration of intentions of the Polish striker has caused Barça to accelerate all the operations that it had open to get money into its punished coffers. An essential preliminary step to address the tough negotiation with the Bavarian club.
The week is marked by the start of the third edition of the UEFA Nations League, but Lewandowski’s desire to change scenery so clearly expressed has put the competition in the background. So much so, that the future of the veteran Polish striker is also news in the concentration of Germany, which opens the tournament on Saturday visiting Italy.
Thomas Müller, Lewandowski’s avant-garde partner at Bayern, analyzed the issue, questioning the departure of the Pole. “I wish my long time attack partner would stay“, assured a Müller who recalled the case of Frank Ribery, who in the summer of 2009 wanted to leave for Real Madrid and ended up playing for Bayern until 2019: “We have experienced many breakups in this time. Right now I remember Ribery’s request to go to Real Madrid“.
The German international is confident in Lewandowski’s professionalism in the event that Bayern do not open the exit door for him: “Any player who is under contract at Bayern on September 1 will want to play well, because no footballer enjoys playing badly.”