La Liga president Javier Tebas hopes Barcelona can complete Robert Lewandowski's signing

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La Liga president Javier Tebas says he hopes Barcelona can complete the wantaway Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski's signing. With just a year remaining on his contract with the Bundesliga champion, Lewandowski has repeatedly expressed his desire to join Barca, saying "something has died" within him and insisting his time in Munich is "over". While Bayern remains steadfast in its desire to keep the striker, who scored 50 goals and added six assists in all competitions last season, as he took home another Golden Shoe, Barcelona has made no secret of its interest in the 33-year-old.

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"I hope that the [economic] levers Laporta has activated will allow the player to make it to Barcelona because he is a legend of Bayern Munich and European football. If they execute what they approved in the assemblies, he can play for Barcelona. There is interest, and if they execute those levers, then they will be able to sign him [Lewandowski]," said Tebas during an event in Madrid, reports Fotmob.

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Among players in the top five European leagues, only Kylian Mbappe (60) and Karim Benzema (59) recorded more direct goal involvements than Lewandowski (56) last term, while no player to score at least 15 goals averaged fewer minutes per strike than the Pole's 80.1 minutes. Even if Lewandowski departs this season, he will leave as one of the greatest Bayern Munich players.

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The back-to-back European Golden Shoe winner has scored 312 Bundesliga goals, including 238 goals for Bayern. With Bayern, Lewandowski has won eight Bundesliga titles, three DFP Pokal Cups, three UEFA Champions League (UCL) and a FIFA Club World Cup. Individually, Lewandowski has won six Bundesliga boots with Bayern and was the UCL top scorer when Bayern won the competition in 2020. In 2020-21, Lewandowski netted 41 league goals for Bayern, breaking the record for most goals in a single Bundesliga season.