Robert Lewandowski, who will turn 37 in August, is entering the final year of his contract with Barcelona. Despite his age, the Polish striker is one of the Blaugrana’s biggest stars, as he continues to score goals. The former Bayern Munich player could be facing his last season at the Camp Nou and, with no center forward signed, he looks set to remain in the starting line-up, especially after last year’s battle for the Golden Boot, which went down to the wire.
Lewandowski is synonymous with goals, and this is something that continues to be highly valued in the world of soccer. We will have to see how this season unfolds to find out if Barcelona offers him a new contract year by year, if he decides to embark on a new adventure away from the Catalan capital or, if on the contrary, he chooses to hang up his boots. The coming months will be decisive in determining what will happen to him, as his performance will ultimately be key to his future.
The Polish soap opera
In early June, a bombshell dropped in Poland. The Polish national team’s performance was not convincing Robert Lewandowski, who had had enough of the situation and said he would not wear his country’s jersey again as long as Michal Probierz remained national team coach. In addition, there was speculation that he had been stripped of the captaincy, which weakened his image in the dressing room and seemed to displease the Barcelona striker. “Considering the circumstances and the loss of confidence in the Polish national team coach, I have decided to resign from the national team while he is the coach,” the Barcelona striker wrote on social media.
“I hope to be able to play for the best fans in the world,” he added in his message, sending a clear message to the Polish federation. These last words put pressure on them to make a move and dismiss the national coach. A few days later, the news came that Michal Probierz had resigned, stepping down after submitting his resignation. Robert Lewandowski had thus won the small war that had been waged, and now it was up to the federation to find a coach willing to take the reins of the Polish team.
Lewandowski has a new coach
With his resignation from the Polish national team, the Barcelona club could breathe a little easier, as if the decision had been upheld, Robert Lewandowski would have been able to rest during the various international breaks, since at his age it is rare to see players continuing with their national team. Not because of his performance, but because of the heavy workload involved in international matches, which, as they get older, many players choose to extend their careers by taking more rest, but it seems that this will not be the case with the former Bayern Munich striker.
Now everything seems to have changed and Robert Lewandowski is looking to leave during each international break to return to defend the Polish jersey after the Polish federation announced Jan Urban as the new coach of the Polish national team. It remains to be seen whether the former player, who spent time at Osasuna during his career, will call up the Barcelona striker, but everything points to yes, as he has made a statement of intent. “I will do everything I can to get Robert Lewandowski back into the national team,” he said in an official interview. This is a clear nod to let him know that they think of him as someone important, but it remains to be seen whether he will be reinstated as captain.