Barcelona, July 16 (BNA): Barcelona is preparing to sign Polish striker Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich in a bold move by the debt-laden club to get a world-class scorer who can finally help fill the void a year after Lionel Messi’s exit. last summer.
The two European clubs have reached a preliminary agreement over Lewandowski’s transfer to the Camp Nou, according to the Associated Press, adding that official confirmation of the deal could come on Saturday.
Spanish media reported that the deal would cost Barcelona around 50 million euros ($50.4 million).
The 33-year-old Lewandowski, one of football’s most prolific goalscorers of the past decade, will greatly boost Barcelona’s chances of rebuilding a competitive side having won nothing last season following the departure of Messi, their all-time top scorer.
Lewandowski scored 312 goals in 384 Bundesliga matches with Bayern Munich and former club Borussia Dortmund.
He scored 35 goals in 34 games last season, becoming the Bundesliga’s top scorer for the seventh time overall.
Barcelona’s top scorer was Memphis Depay and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who scored 13 goals in the last season.
Barcelona also gets a proven winner. Lewandowski helped Bayern win the 2020 Champions League next He humiliated Barcelona 8-2 in the quarter-finals.
He also won 10 Bundesliga titles, four German Cups, and the Club World Cup with the Bavarian power.
Only the dominance of Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo prevented Lewandowski from getting more individual awards.
But Lewandowski said in late May that “my Bayern Munich story is over” after contract extension talks with Bayern Munich collapsed. He had another season in contact with Bayern Munich.
He will now join a team coached by Xavi Hernandez who relied on Aubameyang and Ferran Torres for his goals after they joined last winter, as Depay was injured and lost his job as a striker.
It will have young and talented midfielders from Spain, Pedri Gonzalez and Jaffe Pez.
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