Lewandowski’s contract with FC Barcelona expires next year and everything points to his departure. The striker has been important for Barcelona this season, but the club is aware of his age and that with his contract coming to an end, the ideal solution would be to bring in a new generation of players. In recent months, various names have been mentioned, but given the financial situation and Ferran Torres’ great performance, it has been decided to wait before signing a replacement.
A great year for Lewandowski
The truth is that despite his age, Robert Lewandowski has had one of his best seasons at FC Barcelona. The Polish player ended the season as a centurian and broke a goal drought that prevented him from fighting for the Pichichi with Kylian Mbappé despite being at the top of the list for many weeks.
In the last league game at San Mamés, the Polish player scored two goals that came at just the right time to make him a centurian and silence all the alarm bells about his goal drought. The drought also coincided with an injury, but the truth is that he had not scored since April 9, when he scored twice against Borussia to reach his 99th goal. The striker “justified” his lack of goals by saying that “after the injury, I needed some time to come back. As a team, we have won titles, and that’s what matters to me,” he explained.
With his brace at San Mamés, the 100th goal for Barça was sealed in a season in which the Polish player has returned to his best scoring form from his time at Bayern. Lewandowski ended the season with 42 goals in 52 games. Twenty-seven of those were in La Liga, 11 in the Champions League, three in the Copa del Rey, and one in the Spanish Super Cup. He also provided three assists.
Lewandowski and his future
Given the striker’s good performance this season, FC Barcelona is confident that he can still play at his best for another year or two, but the truth is that his contract expires next summer and, for the moment, there is no offer of renewal on the horizon. It is precisely his great performance that keeps him in the spotlight and has aroused interest in the market.
Sources in Saudi Arabia have confirmed an agreement with Robert Lewandowski, who will join the Saudi Arabian league when his contract with Barça expires.
Although the player has been linked with Arab football on several occasions, the source of information on this occasion appears to be the player’s own agency. The Al-Riyadiyah media outlet claims that its information comes from a spokesperson for Gol International, the agency that represents the player, who has reportedly expressed his desire to move to the Saudi league at the end of next season.
The source acknowledges that although there has been no direct contact between the Saudi league and the player, the deal will go ahead in 2026. In a recent interview with Mundo Deportivo, Lewandowski made it clear that “I see myself playing at this level for at least another year,” leaving open the possibility that this could be his last year at FC Barcelona before trying his luck in a less demanding league such as the Saudi one. For now, the player, who did not travel with the national team, claiming he needed rest, although controversy then erupted, is enjoying his vacation and focused on returning to the level he showed this season to help the team win the Champions League.