Lewandowski confident of completing Barcelona move this week
FT Desk
- Updated: 12 Jul 2022 03:16 CDT
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Robert Lewandowski and his entourage are confident that his transfer to Barcelona will finally be completed this week, according to Sky Germany.
Lewandowski’s move from Bayern Munich to Barcelona has become one of the transfer sagas of the summer, and has been dragging on for a number of months now.
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Sky reports that Barcelona are set to table their final offer for Lewandowski on Tuesday of €50 million plus bonuses, an offer that Bayern are likely to accept as they wish to use the money to fund the signing of Matthijs de Ligt from Juventus.
Lewandowski and his camp are confident that the transfer could be wrapped up by the end of the week, with personal terms having long since been agreed.
The Blaugrana have already had two bids rejected by Bayern, the first €32 million and the second at €40m. They are now coming back with one final bid.
Barcelona have made Lewandowski their number one target for the summer transfer window and they have been in talks to sign the former Borussia Dortmund star since March.
Lewandowski closing in on Barcelona move
News #Lewandowski: A final offer from Barcelona is expected in the next hours - of around €50m + bonus. Bayern is willing to sell him for €50-55m. His transfer to Barcelona is more and more likely this week. Bayern wants to invest the money in #DeLigt. @SkySportDE @Sky_Marc 🇵🇱
— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) July 12, 2022
Lewandowski, whose contract at Bayern expires in 2023, is keen to make the move to Camp Nou as he would like one final challenge at a bit club before the end of his career.
He has been very vocal about this and made a number of public statements about his career at Bayern being over. This has not gone down well with his current club.
Bayern had been desperate to keep Lewandowski next season but are now reported to be resigned to losing him.
They have already signed Sadio Mane from Liverpool, although the attacker won’t be a direct replacement for Lewandowski.
Lewandowski has spent eight years at Bayern, scoring 344 goals 375 games for the club.
He has won eight straight Bundesliga titles and also the Champions League.
