{"id":614951,"date":"2022-07-16T19:09:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T23:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=614951"},"modified":"2026-03-15T13:51:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:51:49","slug":"barcelona-complete-robert-lewandowski-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/16\/barcelona-complete-robert-lewandowski-signing\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona Complete Blockbuster Signing of Bayern Munich Goal Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBarcelona\/status\/1548339690155040773\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced the acquisition<\/a> of Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski on a three-year deal. The Polish striker becomes their fourth signing of the summer and arguably the best addition to Xavi Hernandez&#8217;s squad.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Agreement in principle for the transfer of Robert Lewandowski<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/quEclaHkdl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/quEclaHkdl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YTCRbaW173\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/YTCRbaW173<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBarcelona\/status\/1548339690155040773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Barcelona Confirm Robert Lewandowski Signing<\/h2>\n<h3>Lewandowski Gets His Desire for Move to la Liga<\/h3>\n<p>The 34-year-old forward made his intentions of wanting to leave Bayern Munich clear at the end of last season, insisting that he is craving a new journey in his career. While the Bundesliga champions were unwilling to sell him initially, they softened their stance after the acquisition of Sadio Mane from Liverpool and finalized a pretty good deal with the La Liga side.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona will pay around \u00a338.3 million (\u20ac45 million) for the Polish striker with a possible \u00a34.25 million (\u20ac5 million) more in performance-related bonuses. The striker will also pocket decent pay from the deal, earning around \u00a37.66 million-a-year (\u20ac9 million) wages for the next three years, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/media\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/14\/cesar-azpilicueta-joining-barcelona\/\" target=\"_self\">Barcelona Preparing Bid for Chelsea Defender Azpilicueta<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bayern have fast-tracked the departure of Lewandowski because they want to use the fee received for him to fund their own pursuit of signing Juventus defender Matthijs de Ligt before the Bundesliga season starts.<\/p>\n<h3>Lewandowski\u2019s Career So Far<\/h3>\n<p>The Polish centre-forward enjoyed a prolific spell with Bayern Munich, using his period with them to elevate himself to among the best strikers in world football. Lewandowski made 375 appearances for the Bavarians, scoring 344 goals and providing 72 assists in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>He won eight Bundesliga titles, three DFB Pokal titles, and a Champions League crown with them. He also wracked up a lot of individual awards and achievements, including breaking the record for scoring the most goals in a single Bundesliga season by scoring 41 goals in the 2020\/21 campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Robert Lewandowski: \u201cThese 8 years were special and I won&#8217;t forget that. I had a great time in Munich\u201d, he tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sky_Torben?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Sky_Torben<\/a>. \ud83d\udd34 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FCBayern?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#FCBayern<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will come back to say goodbye to all employees properly\u201d, Lewa says ahead of his move to Barcelona. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w91XYTODZ0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/w91XYTODZ0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1548272868709900292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/13\/raphinha%e2%80%90nears%e2%80%90fc%e2%80%90barcelona%e2%80%90transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">Barcelona Agree Raphinha Signing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old also won the European Golden Boot award twice in his stint with Bayern, while also winning the FIFA Best Men&#8217;s Player of the Year twice and the Ballon d&#8217;Or striker of the Year accolade once.<\/p>\n<h3>Barcelona\u2019s Summer Transfers So Far<\/h3>\n<p>Barcelona have been extremely proactive in the transfer market to help strengthen Xavi&#8217;s squad. They&#8217;ve made four acquisitions so far. This includes signing Brazilian winger Raphinha from Leeds United for around \u00a349.4 million (\u20ac58 million).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/30\/athletic-club-former-barcelona-manager\/\" target=\"_self\">Former Barcelona Manager Valverde Takes Over Athletic Bilbao<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Blaugrana have also signed former Chelsea defender Andres Christensen and ex-AC Milan midfielder Franck Kessie on free transfers to bolster their squad. In terms of outgoings, they have sold Philippe Coutinho to Aston Villa and loaned out Clement Lenglet as well as Francisco Trincao.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona have announced the acquisition of Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski on a three-year deal. The Polish striker becomes their fourth signing of the summer and arguably the best addition to Xavi Hernandez&#8217;s squad. Agreement in principle for the transfer of Robert Lewandowski \ud83d\udd17 https:\/\/t.co\/quEclaHkdl https:\/\/t.co\/YTCRbaW173 \u2014 FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) July 16, 2022 Barcelona Confirm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":614964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1365,6,28],"tags":[7335,313],"class_list":["post-614951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-barcelona","category-la-liga","category-transfers","tag-barcelona-transfers","tag-robert-lewandowski"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":666520,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614951\/revisions\/666520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}