Robert Lewandowski Transfer: FC Barcelona SET to sign Lewandowski- Barcelona are set to sign Poland striker Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich after the clubs reached an agreement in principle for his transfer, a person with knowledge of the negotiations tells The Associated Press. Follow InsideSport.IN for the latest football transfer news and updates.
The person, who spoke under anonymity because he was not allowed to speak publicly about the deal, said that the official confirmation of the deal could come on Saturday.
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Agreement in principle for the transfer of Robert Lewandowski
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Spanish media reports that the transfer would cost Barcelona some 50 million euros ($50.4 million). The 33-year-old Lewandowski, one of football’s most prolific scorers of the past decade, would greatly boost Barcelona’s chances of rebuilding a competitive side after winning nothing last season following the departure of Lionel Messi.
Robert Lewandowski Transfer: FC Barcelona SET to sign Lewandowski, Bayern Munich Striker to have Medicals soon – Check Out
Lewandowski scored 312 goals in 384 Bundesliga games for Bayern and previous club Borussia Dortmund. He hit 35 goals in 34 appearances last season to become the Bundesliga’s leading scorer for the fifth season in a row, and the seventh time overall.
Barcelona also get a proven winner. Lewandowski helped Bayern win the 2020 Champions League, after it humiliated Barcelona 8-2 in the quarterfinals. He also scooped up 10 Bundesliga titles, four German Cups, and a Club World Cup with the Bavarian powerhouse.
Only the dominance of Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo has likely stopped Lewandowski from receiving more individual accolades.
But Lewandowski said in late May that “my story with Bayern Munich is over” after contract extension talks with Bayern broke down. He had one more season left on his contact with Bayern.
He will now join a team coached by Xavi Hernández that relied on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Ferran Torres for its goals after they joined last winter.
Barcelona have been mired in debt, but they recently got an injection of cash when it sold 10% of its Spanish league television rights for the next 25 years in exchange for 207.5 million euros ($207.5 million).
Robert Lewandowski Transfer: FC Barcelona SET to sign Lewandowski, Bayern Munich Striker to have Medicals soon – Check Out
That also helped them secure the transfer of Brazil winger Raphinha from Leeds and sign Ousmane Dembélé to a new contract last week as its hopes to challenge Spanish and European champion Real Madrid in the upcoming season.
Now, with a veteran like Lewandowski soon to be on board, the club run by Joan Laporta is clearly betting on winning titles again in the short term. Last season, Barcelona finished a distant second in Spain to Madrid and failed to advance beyond the Champions League group phase.
The sale allows Bayern to cash in on a player turning 34 next month who would have become a free agent next year and had made clear his desire to leave.
If the fee is confirmed, it would be a club-record sale fee for Bayern, exceeding the 40 million euros ($40.3 million) the German champion received from Juventus for Douglas Costa in 2018.
Replacing a player who was Bundesliga top scorer for each of the last five seasons — and who set the league record of 41 goals in 2020-21 — will be no easy task.
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting is Bayern’s typical backup for Lewandowski but rarely starts, while other forwards like Sadio Mané, Leroy Sané, Kingsley Coman and Serge Gnabry can play central roles when needed but are primarily wide players.
Robert Lewandowski Transfer: FC Barcelona SET to sign Lewandowski, Bayern Munich Striker to have Medicals soon – Check Out
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