{"id":18345,"date":"2022-05-16T15:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T19:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/05\/16\/concern-for-barcelona-chelsea-set-sights-on-robert-lewandowski\/"},"modified":"2022-05-16T15:00:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T19:00:33","slug":"concern-for-barcelona-chelsea-set-sights-on-robert-lewandowski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/05\/16\/concern-for-barcelona-chelsea-set-sights-on-robert-lewandowski\/","title":{"rendered":"Concern for Barcelona? Chelsea set sights on Robert Lewandowski"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Premier League giants Chelsea are considering a summer swoop for Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Speculation surrounding the future of Polish international Lewandowski has of course been rampant in the media for some time now.<\/p>\n<p>This comes with the 33-year-old, fresh off another scintillating campaign in front of goal, eyeing a move away from Bavaria ahead of the 2022\/23 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of the club\u2019s final Bundesliga out of the season over the weekend, Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic confirmed as much, albeit whilst adding that Lewandowski is expected to see out the remaining year on his current contract:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bayern director Salihamid\u017ei\u0107: \u201cYes, Lewandowski informed me that he didn\u2019t want to accept our offer and he would like to LEAVE the club\u201d, tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportDE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SkySportDE<\/a> ??? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FCBayern?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FCBayern<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur position has not changed, Lewa has a contract until 2023. That is a fact. Proposal from Barcelona? No\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rONf7E121J\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/rONf7E121J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1525478585028468736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>To this point, the outfit most frequently tipped as a summer landing spot for Bayern\u2019s star man have of course been Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>This comes with Xavi and co. understood to be highly appreciative of Lewandowki\u2019s goalscoring talents, and evidently of the opinion that heading into the new season with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as the club\u2019s first-choice centre-forward option is out of the question.<\/p>\n<h2>Blues keen<\/h2>\n<p>As alluded to above, though, if the latest word stemming from the media late on Monday is anything to go by, then Barca could yet be challenged for Lewandowski\u2019s signature by another of European football\u2019s heavyweight clubs.<\/p>\n<p>The outfit in question? Chelsea<\/p>\n<p>As per a report from The Guardian, the transfer team at Stamford Bridge have identified the Pole as the ideal addition to the club\u2019s attacking ranks, amid the ongoing struggles of record signing Romelu Lukaku.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues, in turn, are ready to move for his signature in the summer, albeit with \u2018Lewa\u2019 understood to favour a move to La Liga with Barcelona.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Chelsea have Robert Lewandowski on radar despite favoured Barcelona move. By <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacobSteinberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JacobSteinberg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SB9gmCtcGI\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/SB9gmCtcGI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Guardian sport (@guardian_sport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guardian_sport\/status\/1526199845920325634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/roman-abramovich-willing-to-let-chelsea-go-under-according-to-government-officials\/\">Roman Abramovich \u2018willing to let Chelsea go under\u2019 according to Government officials<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/andreas-christensen-left-chelsea-teammates-shocked-after-pulling-out-of-fa-cup-final-squad-without-injury\/\">Andreas Christensen left Chelsea teammates \u2018shocked\u2019 after pulling out of FA Cup final squad without injury<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Premier League giants Chelsea are considering a summer swoop for Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski, according to reports. Speculation surrounding the future of Polish international Lewandowski has of course been rampant in the media for some time now. This comes with the 33-year-old, fresh off another scintillating campaign in front of goal, eyeing a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-18345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}