Robert Lewandowski interviewed France Football reveal that he was about to move to Manchester United in the summer of 2012.
“After my second year in Dortmund, I had a conversation with Sir Alex Ferguson,” the newly crowned world footballer told the magazine. “He wanted me to come to Manchester. I was very interested in it. Yes, I can even say I was ready.”
But Borussia did not want to let him go.
Instead, Lucas Barrios left BVB, which Lewandowski had overtaken on the way to his second championship title with the black and yellow. (Service: Bundesliga schedule)
An important basis of his success is his patience and perseverance. He wants to keep learning because he knows that his time on the pitch is limited. “The problem is that a lot of people want what you are working on in the background to be immediately visible,” said Lewandowski. (Service: Bundesliga table)
But further development does not take place from now on. “If you practice something every day, you won’t see the effect until three or six months later, not the next day.”
Lewandowski invites Messi and Ronaldo to his table
Lewandowski thinks that he is finally mentioned in the same breath as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo at the age of 32, but he does not put his light under the bushel either.
“Messi and Ronaldo have been at the top for a very long time, and that makes them incomparable,” said the Munich man. Referring to a quote from Antoine Griezmann, who said two years ago that he is now at the same table as Messi and Ronaldo, he said that although he is not at the same table as the two dominators of world football of the last decade. But since he was pretty good in terms of performance and goals, he could legitimately “invite her to eat at my table”.
