The true reason Robert Lewandowski was dropped by Bayern Munich and signed with Barcelona

The captivating tale of Robert Lewandowski’s transfer from Bayern Munich to Barcelona during the summer transfer window of 2022 divided supporters, resulted in a great deal of animosity being expressed, and ultimately delivered the LaLiga championship back to Catalunya.

But considering his contract and lackluster goal total, Lewandowski had a more challenging second season at Barcelona, with transfer rumors even circling around his own future before to the 2024–2025 campaign.

After spending 50 million euros to acquire Harry Kane from Tottenham, Bayern will have an even better forward in 2023–2024. The attacker is currently 35 years old.

Being a more versatile player, Kane might even be able to challenge Lewandowski’s record-breaking 41 goals in a single Bundesliga season, set by Gerd Müller. With five assists, Kane has scored 22 goals in 16 games thus far.

Who predicted that Bayern would be better with a more complete striker than Lewandowski in his latter years? Die Roten fired Julian Nagelsmann in the middle of the 2022–2023 season in order to bring in Thomas Tuchel.

Julian Nagelsmann wanted a striker like Harry Kane over Robert Lewandowski

It appears that he was aware of how Lewandowski’s stale play was hurting the squad.

Nagelsmann reportedly wanted Lewandowski sold in 2022 because he was annoyed that the striker wasn’t willing to go deeper to benefit the squad, according to Raphael Honigstein of The Athletic.

In a roundabout way, Nagelsmann’s position was probably lost when he was replaced by the poor signing Sadio Mané. However, Nagelsmann was ultimately correct to encourage Bayern to trade Lewa and accede to his request to play for Barcelona for the Ballon d’Or.

Lewandowski will not be receiving the Ballon d’Or; his ship has sailed. However, Kane sees it as a very real possibility since, given his performances this season, he would be the front-runner if Bayern achieve their dream of winning the Champions League.

Barcelona is currently stuck with Lewandowski, an expensive, aging superstar who is still good but not as good as he once was.

Bayern, meantime, has upgraded Lewa with Kane, and he’s also improving the looks of everyone else, particularly fellow Ballon d’Or winner Leroy Sané.