Changing me at Barcelona can be tough

Robert Lewandowski believes Barcelona will wrestle to interchange him when he leaves Catalonia.

The Poland worldwide has one 12 months left on his Barca contract and has but to determine what he’ll do in 12 months’ time.

If he opts to maneuver on then he thinks discovering a pure successor could possibly be problematic.

Lewandowski, 36, has been at Barca for 3 seasons, scoring 101 targets in 147 video games over that interval, together with 42 within the just lately accomplished marketing campaign.

He instructed Mundo Deportivo: “I haven’t seen many gamers thus far who play greater than two or three years at full capability and have scored greater than 40 targets. That’s why I feel that generally the extent of targets has dropped slightly, as was seen final season.

“That’s why it’s not straightforward and I’m speaking a few participant who has not solely scored [that amount of goals for] one or two seasons, however three, 4, 5 and extra.”

The names of Manchester Metropolis’s Erling Haaland and Sporting CP’s Viktor Gyokores had been put to Lewandowski however he didn’t namecheck them particularly in his reply, including: “In the long run you need to have the right answer, for the membership, or the coach, or the system wherein you wish to play. In soccer, discovering a scoring striker is just not straightforward.”

🚨 Robert Lewandowski, en 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐚 para Mundo Deportivo:

⤵️ ¿Quién debe ser su relevo? el polaco responde

💬 “En los últimos años no veo a un delantero goleador capaz de jugar a tope dos o tres años y marcando más de 40 goles” pic.twitter.com/0knpfzofbG

— Mundo Deportivo (@mundodeportivo) June 2, 2025

Lewandowski refuses to disclose his personal future

As for his personal future, Lewandowski mentioned it was too early to invest.

“I’ve to say that now I do not know,” he mentioned. “Bodily I’m effective and mentally I’m effective. I can say what I wish to do in the intervening time, however we speak now a few 12 months or extra [in the future], and that’s rather a lot. 

“In soccer, three months, per week, two weeks, is a very long time. However for now I’m considering that an important factor is that I’m making ready for an excellent season. 

“I do know that many individuals are me due to my age, not due to the performances on the pitch. It might be that I performed an excellent recreation however didn’t rating a aim, after which why [bring up] my age? If I’ve performed badly, for instance, it’s regular, I can’t do something.”

The previous Bayern Munich star has not dominated out extending his spell at Barca and occupying an elder statesman position in a crew of excellent younger expertise.

He mentioned: “I feel I’ve sufficient time to determine what I wish to do after subsequent season. I can play on the identical degree as final season. 

“There’s additionally one other factor outdoors of soccer that ultimately can change what I’ve in my head, for instance. That’s why I feel it’s too early now to consider this stuff. 

“I’m positive I’ll be bodily effective. We’ve got just a few weeks to arrange for the season. I’ve loved this crew rather a lot and I’m very proud to have the ability to play in it.”

Lewandowski hails Flick

Barcelona secured the Copa del Rey and La Liga double in boss Hansi Flick’s first 12 months in cost and Lewandowski has been impressed with how the German, who he labored below at Bayern, has tailored to life at Barca.

“When Hansi arrived, I talked to him and defined how I noticed the scenario on this membership,” mentioned Lewandowski. 

“It was not straightforward for the coach and I feel Hansi talked to all of the gamers and he knew that if we needed to win titles, we wanted gamers at their finest degree. And that’s why I feel that this season many gamers have performed at their finest degree.

“I feel that after this season, subsequent season could also be slightly tougher however if you’re mentally making ready for this stuff, I’m positive that we will play with slightly extra expertise and ultimately it is going to be slightly simpler. However in fact, each rival now needs to win towards us and we’ve to arrange for this.”