Lewandowski to Barcelona: Agent launches another attack on Bayern
Karan Tejwani
- 23 May 2022 10:11 BST
- 4 min read
Robert Lewandowski’s departure from Bayern Munich is looking likelier by the day, and his agent has now come out with revelations about contract talks between himself and the club over the future of his client.
Pini Zahavi, Lewandowski’s agent, has been critical of the record German champions’ handling of the situation, and he has spoken about it in another interview.
Zahavi previously said that Bayern weren’t clear enough about Lewandowski’s future, and that the club were slow in their negotiations about the player’s contract.
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What has Lewandowski's agent been saying?
In his latest attack on the club bosses and process for extending Lewandowski’s stay, Zahavi told German outlet Bild that Oliver Kahn and Hasan Salihamidzic have been taking the process lightly.
Zahavi said: “We arranged to meet for lunch, it was just after 12 p.m. in Munich. The restaurant was as good as empty. In the first 45 minutes, the name Robert Lewandowski was not mentioned once.
"So I came all the way to Munich to enjoy a nice lunch in a pleasant atmosphere with the people in charge of FC Bayern. That's nice, I thought. It just kept going, they wanted to talk about transfer rumors and the weather. But Robert's name still didn't come up,” he added.
"At some point it was too much for me and I asked: Let's talk about Robert, what do you want to offer us?' Then Kahn and Salihamidžić talked for a long time about the situation of Neuer and Müller, that both would only get one year more."
"Without actually saying it, they hinted that it would be no different for Robert. I told Oliver (Kahn): 'We can talk about a new contract here and now - but we need a year more than the others.' A model until 2024 with an automatic option for another year until 2025."
Barça manager Xavi: “Lewandowski? He's one of the options, one of the possibilities. There are negotiations, he has one year of his contract left… it won't be easy”. 🚨🔵🔴 #FCB
“Financial situation? Laporta told me we’ll be able to reinforce the team, there’s confidence”. pic.twitter.com/y0pUBPS8mm— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 21, 2022
Zahavi then added that the club privately had an “awkward” conversation with the Polish forward, but nothing about a concrete offer to extend his stay.
Eventually, it became clear that Lewandowski would not be extending his contract and that his family made it clear that they were willing to leave Munich.
Zahavi ended by saying that Bayern’s behaviour was surprising, and that he is not at fault should the forward leave the Allianz Arena: "If Bayern really wanted to extend Robert, then they would have taken one of these opportunities to concretely talk about a new contract. But they haven't"
"Although I've been in the football business for so many years and have experienced a lot, the behavior of Bayern bosses has left me astonished. And instead of questioning themselves, they're blaming me for everything!"
