Oliver Kahn, general director of Bayern Munich, has sent a direct message to Barcelona in his intention to hire Robert Lewandowski next summer. It was on Prime Video, minutes before the start of the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinal against Villarreal: “We are not crazy and we are talking about a change of a player who scores between 30 and 40 goals with us every season. We will definitely have him with us one more season“.
In recent days, several media outlets have reported that Robert Lewandowski is Barcelona’s priority to strengthen their forward line. Haaland, who was also in the Blaugrana orbit, seems to have been ruled out by the high commissions that his father and Mino Raiola want to enter and because Dortmund will ask for a high amount. Along the same lines, other names such as Darwin Núñez do not like Can Barça for the mere fact of having to enter a bid alongside other continental giants.
For this reason, they have set their sights on Lewandowski, who ends his contract in 2023 and who seems not to want to renew and leave this summer looking for a new adventure before ending his sports career. In addition, his claims, due to his age and the desire to live an innovative experience, are not so high.. Under these parameters, it is natural that the Barça fans were excited about the Pole, on the way to winning another Golden Boot in a comfortable way.
However, Kahn has shattered such illusions into a thousand pieces, although there are still months to figure out what will happen with what will be one of the operations of the next transfer market. As reported by the journalist Gianluca Di Marzio, Barcelona hopes to close the deal for just 30 million euroscounting on the support of Robert Lewandowski himself, who would ask to leave, and Bayern, who would let him go for little money considering that only a few months later he would be free to sign for any team.
Di Marzio also reports the other version: that of Bayern. Kahn has directly closed the door on him. The journalist is not so forceful and affirms that the club would let the player out, but with nuances. Among them, that there is a dizzying offer involved. The figure in about 70 or 80 million euros. It seems that Barcelona would not assume that amount. Today, the Bayern CEO has closed a door. Between now and September it will be able to reopen on numerous occasions. For the moment, reality check.