“After four years full of challenges and hard work, it’s time to move on. I leave with the feeling that the mission is accomplished. Four seasons, three championships. I will never forget the love I received from fans from my first days. Catalonia is my place on earth. Thank you to everyone I met along the way during these beautiful four years. A special thank you to President Laporta for giving me the chance to experience the most incredible chapter of my career. Barça is back where it belongs. Long live Barça. Long live Catalonia ». On Saturday, Robert Lewandowski announced his (future) departure from FC Barcelona at the end of his contract in June.
A departure not necessarily surprising, since it was the trend in recent weeks. If Barça had actually made a proposal to extend him and keep him in an offensive joker role – with a reduced salary – the Pole preferred to pack his bags and leave the club through the front door. At 37 years old, he has no intention of hanging up his crampons.
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And the media Sportowy Kanal already says a little more about its future, which has a good chance of being written in Saudi Arabia. He would thus have made the choice to join the Gulf, where Al-Hilal awaits him with open arms, and with a colossal financial offer. A salary of around forty million euros per year is thus mentioned, which would have tipped the scales in favor of the Saudis, more than Serie A, Portugal or MLS, championships where Lewy also had serious leads.
Above all, the Saudis offered him two years of contract, which FC Barcelona did not intend to offer him. He will therefore say goodbye to the Camp Nou and Barcelona this Sunday, on the occasion of the 37th day of La Liga against Betis, in a match that counts for butter, and will end his relationship with the Blaugranas next weekend against Valencia. Before writing a new page in his career in Saudi Arabia.
