The dream was to play in Real Madrid, why Barca Lewandowski?
He has been in talks with Real Madrid several times while at Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. Robert Lewandowski's dream was to play for Los Blancos. But in the end, he is playing for Real's arch-rivals. Although the dream is at the Bernabeu, why did the Polish star go to Barcelona, he answered himself.
Lewandowski said in an interview with SportOne in 2018 about the communication with Real Madrid, "There have been talks with Real Madrid. But nothing has been finalized.'
"Lewandowski's dream is to play for Real Madrid," one of his Bayern teammates told Spanish newspaper Marca at the time.
Lewandowski's interest in joining Real Madrid has been reported several times in the media. Especially when he was at Borussia Dortmund in 2013, his contact with Real was revealed with pictures. After that, he contacted Real several times during his stay at Bayern Munich.
The agreement between the two parties was almost never finalised. However, Bayern Munich stood in the way of the deal. The German club was never willing to let Lewandowski go. At the insistence of the Polish star, the club was finally forced to release him. But why did Lewandowski go to Barcelona instead of going to his dream club Real Madrid?
He said to the media, 'I saw how eager Barcelona was to get me. I know, this contact with Barca was more realistic than the times I have contacted Real about changing teams.'
"It's not as bad as I expected," he said in Barcelona. People respect my privacy. Living in Spain and playing in La Liga has always been a dream. Not only from a sporting point of view, but also from a personal point of view.'
Lewandowski has scored 11 goals in 8 matches since joining Barcelona last July. Among them, he scored 8 goals in 6 matches in La Liga. And he played 2 matches in the Champions League and scored 3 goals. In total, the 34-year-old goal machine scored 553 goals in 756 matches in his club career.
