Barca stepped up their pursuit of Robert Lewandowski. The Catalan giants initially dreamed of signing Erling Haaland, but the Norwegian's excessive expectations, coupled with the fee of the switch, made the circulate not possible. The Pole then have become the preferred choice for the Spaniards.
With the purpose of reinforcing the squad with a No9 to guarantee desires daily, Mateu Alemany met on Wednesday with the Poland international's agent, Pini Zahavi, who was instructed that Barcelona might pay among 30 and 35 million euros for the participant.
The agent was additionally requested to place strain on Bayern, who've always been reluctant to allow the Pole move, to allow the sale of one of the first-rate strikers in the global. To this give up, the Bavarian club's administrators met with Zahavi on Thursday, as revealed by way of 'Bild'.
However, no precise information got here out of this assembly for the Barcelona facet, because the Germans reiterated their concept of retaining Lewandowski in their squad for the subsequent season, a stance that maintains the participant away from sporting the Barca jersey within the 22-23 season.
The aforementioned media outlet also brought that Bayern even want to resume his agreement, which expires in 2023, a yr in which he should leave totally free to any team in the occasion that an growth in his contract isn't always agreed and he stays in Bavaria.
