Anwar Ibrahim (Cairo)
When Polish Robert Lewandowski arrived to Barcelona in July 2022, coming from Bayern Munich, his appetite was open, and he presented an exceptional season, as he scored 12 goals in the first 12 matches, at a goal per match rate, and ended the season by obtaining the title of top scorer in “La Liga” with 23 goals. .
The situation changed these seasons, and its performance declined, to the point that prompted the “Blaugrana” management to consider looking for an alternative from now, if “Leva” continues in this manner until next summer.
Lewandowski’s scoring rate declined, as he only scored 8 goals in 17 Spanish League matches, while he finished last season scoring 41 goals in 63 matches.
The Spanish press and media outlets, especially the Catalan ones, unanimously agreed that the decline in Lewandowski’s level since his return from the last World Cup was clearly visible, and they enumerated more than one reason behind this decline, starting with his old age (35 years), and passing through his injury for more than one year. Once, he stayed away from the matches for various periods, and his mood was affected when he sat on the “bench” and was not included from the beginning of the matches sometimes, as happened in the “El Clásico” match against Real Madrid, which ended with the “Royal Club” winning 2-1 at Barcelona and midfield. His large fans, which made him not appear to be in his best state psychologically and mentally, and ended with a decline in the level of the entire team during the last weeks, winning with great difficulty in more than one match, and also losing more than once in the league, most notably against Real Madrid and Girona, in addition to the team’s recent loss as well. From Belgian Royal Antwerp in the group stage of the European Champions League, and its last draw against Valencia 1-1 in La Liga, which promises the taste of defeat.
After Lewandowski was scoring from “half-chances” and quarter-chances, he began to find it difficult to score, despite often reaching the opponents’ goal, and this was clearly evident in the Valencia match in “Round 17”, as he encountered a lack of success and strange misfortune in a number of chances in the match. If he were in his normal state, he would have recorded them all.
Lewandowski’s condition has raised the concerns of Barcelona’s management, to the point that it has prompted it to think now about his replacement, and selling him next summer, if he continues like this until the end of the season, and there are tempting offers coming from the Saudi League, but the problem is that “Leva” does not want to play in this situation. League, but he does not mind ending his professional career playing in the American League.
There are many examples that “Barcelona Lewandowski” this season is not “Bayern’s Lewandowski,” and the decline in his level appeared in many matches, including, for example, against Real Sociedad, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, and Valencia in “La Liga,” and Shakhtardonetsk and Royal Antwerp in the Champions League.
It is enough that the newspaper Mundo Deportivo indicated that Lewandowski’s start this season is the worst for him in 9 years, that is, from his first season with “Bayern” 2014-2015, while his numbers with “Barca” last season were much better than this season, as He won the title of top scorer in the league with 23 goals, and contributed strongly to Barcelona winning the local competition championship.
One of the reasons that prompts the Barcelona administration to consider selling him, before the expiration of his contract, is the financial and economic burden he represents on the club, as he receives an annual salary of 26 million euros, and next season it rises to 32 million euros, and then it decreases to 26 million euros. In its final season, 2025-2026.
2023-12-17 11:17:05
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