The change from Robert Lewandowski (33) from FC Bayern Munich to FC Barcelona is no bargain for the Catalans. The German record champion gets up to 50 million euros for the Transfer of the Polish star striker.
Barça wants to recoup part of it through merchandising. Lewandowski’s jersey is already in great demand. However, what is still missing from the shirts for absolute fan happiness is the shirt number, because it is not officially known yet.
Internally, the Lewandowski number should already be fixed. As the Spanish newspaper “SPORT” reports, the Pole has agreed with Barça to wear shirt number “9”. He also had this at Bayern Munich. The problem: The “9” wears at FC Barcelona Memphis Depay (28). The Dutchman also wore this number in the first test match on Barça’s North American trip against Inter Miami (6-0).
If Depay doesn’t want to give it up voluntarily, there could be trouble. Perhaps the problem will take care of itself, because, among other things, the Barça-related newspaper “Mundo Deportivo” reports that Depay wants to leave the club anyway.
Supposedly he saw that he was coming LaLiga-Season given the commitments of Lewandowski and Raphinha (25 / Leeds United) will hardly be used. His condition: he only wanted to switch to a “strong” club.
Nagelsmann on Barca
“They have no money, but the best players”
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In addition to Tottenham Hotspur from the Premier League Italy’s record champions Juventus Turin and Messi club Paris Saint-Germain should also be interested. Depay’s contract expires next summer, so Barça would have to get rid of him now to collect a fee.
On Sunday (5 a.m. German time), FC Barcelona will meet archrival Real Madrid in a test Clasico in the US gaming paradise of Las Vegas. Then Lewandowski should appear for his new team for the first time. It will be interesting to see which number will be on his jersey…
