Lewandowski calls Messi to join Barcelona

FT Desk

• Updated: 23 May 2023 08:55 CDT
• 3 min read

Robert Lewandowski has called for Lionel Messi to join Barcelona, saying it would be a dream to play with the PSG superstar.

Messi’s contract with PSG expires at the end of the 2022-23 season, although he has an option to extend his deal by another year.

Barcelona would like to bring Messi back to Camp Nou, although his salary demands could prove problematic. There is also interest from Inter Miami in the MLS.

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Lewandowski has made his feelings clear about Messi returning to Barcelona.

What did Lewandowski say about Messi?

“Messi is absolutely brilliant with the amazing passes he plays to the striker. If you think about Messi, he has this brilliant connection with strikers,” Lewandowski told Marca.

“He knows how to put the ball into the box, between the lines... he’s the best in the world at that. I don’t know what’s going on right now, but for a striker it would be a dream to play with Lionel Messi for sure.”

Messi joined PSG from Barcelona on a free transfer in 2021.

Messi broke virtually every record during over 20 years at Camp Nou, scoring an incredible 672 goals in 778 games.

He also won 10 La Liga titles and four Champions League, in addition to numerous other individual and team honours.

But Barcelona were unable to sign him to a new deal in the summer of 2021 – mainly for financial reasons - leading to an infamous farewell press conference in which Messi broke down and cried.

As for Lewandowski, he joined Barcelona from Bayern Munich for €50 million this past summer.

Earlier this week Lewandowski received the European Golden Shoe as Europe’s best goalscorer of 2022.

Lewandowski scored a brilliant 35 goals for previous club Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga in 2021-22.