Robert Lewandowski pushed for a move to Barcelona in 2022. This did not exactly create a good atmosphere among the Bayern management. The striker icon was mentally done with the club he had hammered in an amazing 344 goals for. Now it was Barcelona who had to take advantage of the Polish international’s extreme goalscoring flair. According to a new biography of Lewandowski, his goalscoring flair was so great at Camp Nou that the Barcelona management asked the striker to stop scoring.
Sounds completely crazy, but there was a financial motivation behind it all. This is revealed in a new biography of Robert Lewandowski by author Sebastian Staszewski, writes SPORT.
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After his transfer from Bayern Munich, Robert Lewandowski scored 33 goals, with 23 in La Liga. This could have been higher. Because according to the biography, Barca management asked Lewandowski, with two games left in the season, not to score any more goals.
If the striker reached 25 goals in La Liga, it would trigger a clause in which Barcelona would have to pay an additional €2.5 million in bonuses to Bayern Munich. At that time, FC Barcelona had already secured the La Liga title, while it was a long way down to the next goalscorer on the top scorers list.
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Robert Lewandowski ended up not scoring in the last two games.
