Which is the richest club in the world right now? It is not Real Madrid or Bayern Munich or Manchester United. It is Barcelona. Indeed, the Blaugrana are on a buying spree of late. Before the transfer window even began, they had signed free agents Franck Kessie and Andreas Christensen.
Moreover, the Catalans have already signed two more huge additions. Raphinha came over from Leeds United, before the big fish, Robert Lewandowski landed from Bavaria.
The Polish striker had long been public about his desire to join Barcelona. Though Bayern Munich relented in the beginning, the right kind of offer finally persuaded them. There are many questions over Lewandowski’s fit into a youthful side.
Will Memphis Depay be sold? Can Lewandowski continue performing at his peak powers? How will the attacking options work around him? FootTheBall analyzes the transfer of Lewandowski to Barcelona on a variety of parameters.
Robert Lewandowski playing style and analysis
A player that needs no introduction in front of goal. Robert Lewandowski is one of the greatest goal scorers of all-time. In fact, he has scored more goals than the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi over the past six seasons.
🤯 Robert Lewandowski has scored 110 goals in 94 league matches over the last three seasons, averaging a goal every 74 minutes in that time pic.twitter.com/bzgDhEtwdu
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) July 15, 2022
Lewandowski is an excellent finisher who can find the net from all angles. He plays centrally, and can double up as a target man with excellent holdup play. Moreover, Lewandowski is no slouch in setting up chances for his teammates either.
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Given that Barcelona will have extremely fast players around Lewandowski, there is a lot of optimism. Lewandowski will not be expected to do a lot of defensive work, but that is not needed also.
The revolution under Joan Laporta and Xavi is going on strong, as Barcelona qualified for the UEFA Champions League. However, they need to take the next stop in order to catch up to Real Madrid.
That will take a lot of world-class players, and Lewandowski is a certified superstar. He is also adept at headed strikers, and can win aerial duels from set-pieces too. There are a lot of creative ways in which Xavi can now set his team up.
Grade: A-
Robert Lewandowksi stats
They don’t call him Robert “Goal-ski” for nothing. 50 goals across…
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