“We have a contract…”
Kahn puts a stop to the Lewandowski change
4/12/2022, 9:29 p.m
Robert Lewandowski is moving to FC Barcelona, is everything fixed? nothing there The rumor mill at FC Bayern was bubbling up again recently. The CEO is now definitely ruling out a change in the top scorer in the summer. If there was “something to report”, he would take action.
Bayern Munich CEO Oliver Kahn has ruled out a change from world footballer Robert Lewandowski this summer. “Apparently there is a competition out there, who brings the biggest nonsense story about Robert Lewandowski,” said Kahn in the evening on Amazon Prime Video shortly before the quarter-final second leg of the German soccer record champions against FC Villarreal. The Pole, in whose home country it was reported on Monday that a transfer to FC Barcelona was already confirmed, will “definitely” play for Bayern in the coming season.
“It is very important to mention that we have a contract that is valid for another season,” said Kahn, referring to contract talks that had already begun. The striker’s current working paper in Munich expires in the summer of 2023: “If there’s something to report, then we’ll do it too.” The club is “not discussing a change from a player who scores between 30 and 40 goals every season,” said Kahn.
Polish media, including the television station TVP, reported on Monday that Kahn had already been informed of the 33-year-old Lewandowski’s wish to leave. Various German media picked up on the rumours.
Lewandowski is one of four FC Bayern superstars whose contracts expire in the summer of 2023. Speculations about a possible farewell to club veteran Thomas Müller have been going on for weeks. But just another rumor that the Munich club president Herbert Hainer recently cleared up in a TV interview. “I am firmly convinced that Thomas Müller belongs to Bavaria like the Frauenkirche belongs to Munich […] He has made his entire professional career with us and I am convinced that he will also end his career with us,” said Hainer. In addition, captain Manuel Neuer and offensive man Serge Gnabry face an uncertain future at Bayern.