Barcelona star Lewandowski: 'I know where I'll be next season'

Stuart Telford

• 15 Mar 2024 18:28 GMT
• 3 min read

Robert Lewandowski has spoken out about his future as speculation increases that Barcelona could cash in on one of their most prized assets next summer.

Lewandowski has been Barca's top scorer without interruption since his €45 million arrival from Bayern Munich in the summer of 2022, hitting 52 goals in all competitions across the two seasons since.

But Barca remain €1.2 billion in debt, and it could make sense for the club to cash in on a 35-year-old who is still valued at €32.4m by FootballTransfers' in-house algorithm.

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Moves to Major League Soccer and the Saudi Pro League have been touted, but Lewandowski himself is having none of it.

"For me, everything's clear and I know where I'll be next season and it'll stay that way," he told Polish sports news portal Meczyki. "I 've said this many times before and nothing's changed here.

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"One day someone writes one thing and the next day it's completely the opposite. There's no point in following it. I don't read it."

Barcelona paid €40m for Lewandowski's nominal replacement Vitor Roque in January, but the Brazilian youngster has struggled to live up to expectations with academy graduate Marc Guiu preferred ahead of him in the Pole's absence recently.

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Lewandowski then turned his attention to competing with Kylian Mbappe for the Pichichi trophy as La Liga's top scorer next season, with the Frenchman expected to join Real Madrid on a free transfer from Paris Saint-Germain.

"I don't know if he officially moved to Real Madrid, so it's difficult to comment," he said. "Perhaps it's better to wait until the news is officially confirmed. There's no 'Here we go' yet, so it's hard for me to comment!.

"[But] knowing Kylian and speaking to him in the past, I know that playing against him in La Liga will be a cool thing."