It seems that the transfer series of Bayern Munich player Robert Lewandowski is nearing its end after a tug of war in the past few days between him and his club, and Barcelona as a third party.
Lewandowski is in the last year of his contract, and clearly announced his desire to leave Bayern Munich towards Barcelona this summer, but the German club has refused this until this moment, and demanded the player to fulfill his contract until the end.
Robert Lewandowski is sticking to the decision to move to Barcelona during the next summer transfers, in light of reaching an agreement with the Catalan club and coach Xavi Hernandez.
Barcelona’s new offer to sign Lewandowski came at a time when Xavi, the coach of the Catalan team, requested the necessity of quickly resolving the contract with the Polish striker to be in the preparatory camp for the new season.
In this context, the “Radio Catalunya” network revealed that Barcelona had already sent its last offer to Bayern Munich, in order to contract with Lewandowski.
She indicated that Lewandowski is currently very optimistic about his departure from Bayern Munich, despite the Bavarian club’s request for 75 million euros, to allow him to leave, which Barcelona will certainly not pay.
On the level of personal salary, Lewandowski has already concluded an agreement with Barcelona on an annual salary of 12 million euros, with a contract that extends for three seasons.
The network, quoting the Spanish newspaper “Sport”, stated that Barcelona wanted to end the contract deal with Robert Lewandowski and began moving to convince the Bavarian club, where Barca offered 40 million euros, in addition to some variables worth about 10 million euros, in order to get the best striker in the world. Europe currently.
The “Sport” report indicated that Barcelona President Joan Laporta did not lose hope in concluding the deal and made contact with Lewandowski and his agent Benny Zahavi.
Last week, the player called for patience.
The Barcelona president assured the Polish striker that it is still his number one target and that the delay is due to the precarious financial situation of the club, which requires the sale of some players to make room on the salary cap to register new players.
Lewandowski submitted a request to Laporta to complete a deal before July 12, which is when Bayern begins preparing for the new season.
In a related context, the German newspaper “Bild” described Barcelona’s recent offer to join the Polish striker as a “huge offer”, as the German newspaper considers that the Catalan team’s approach to paying 50 million euros between fixed and variable may lead to Bayern Munich’s approval to enter negotiations with the Spanish club.
The German newspaper also indicated in its reports, that the possibility of Frankie de Jong’s transfer to Manchester United may give Barcelona space to negotiate, if he leaves, the Dutch midfielder will leave between 65 and 80 million euros in the Catalan coffers and the Blaugrana will be more financially strong, and seeks to satisfy Xavi with the arrival of Robert Lewandowski.
The Catalan newspaper stated that Barcelona’s latest offer will be in the range of 40 million euros, in addition to the variables.
The administration will not go further, given that the player has one year in his current contract, and also given his age.
The Polish star moved to Bayern in 2014 from Dortmund, and since then he represented the team’s colors in 375 matches in all competitions, scoring 344 goals and making 72 goals for his teammates.
It is worth noting that Bayern Munich refused to respond to Barcelona’s second offer, which it made to include Lewandowski, worth 32 million euros, in addition to 6 million euros in variables.