Robert Lewandowski will play for Barcelona from next season and his move is still widely discussed. Regarding the arrival of the Pole in Catalonia, one of the Spanish journalists took the floor, who pointed out why the president of the club from Camp Nou wanted the 33-year-old player from Bayern Munich to be redeemed.
The transfer epic with the participation of Robert Lewandowski lasted for many weeks, but, finally, Barcelona agreed with Bayern Munich and bought the Pole for 45 million euros plus another five million bonuses. Thus, the striker, after eight years at Bayern, will try his hand at a new league to fight for new trophies and records.
Why did Barcelona buy Robert Lewandowski?
And while there is a lot of talk about Lewandowski’s sporting value and his potential impact on the team’s shooting statistics, according to one of the Spanish journalists, the president of FC Barcelona, in bringing the Pole to his club, was largely guided by other questions. - FC Barcelona President Joan Laporte needed to acquire a media and sports figure who could close the era of Leo Messi, Jorge Garcia of AS explained in an interview with Onet.
According to Garcia, Laporta is creative and, despite the club’s big financial problems, decided to “make a lot of changes”. “To do that, he needed a big name to help off the field and a player who could score goals, which was lacking,” he said.
According to the Spanish journalist Laporte, by attracting Lewandowski, he was able to hire a footballer who appears at prestigious ceremonial events and wins the most important awards in the football world. Moreover, the Pole can help the Catalan Duma in winning trophies and awards. “A goal guarantee for a team that played well under Xavi but needed more efficiency.”.
No Barcelona fan could have dreamed of seeing him in a Barcelona shirt last season. However, Laporta and his friend Pini Zahavi convinced him he concluded.
Source: Wprost
