Lewandowski banned from scoring… by Barcelona?! 😱 | OneFootball

The unlikely story of the week.

Was Robert Lewandowski forbidden from scoring goals by his own club?

This is what Sebastian Staszewski, a Polish journalist and author of a biography of FC Barcelona's number 9, published in November: "Lewandowski. The Authentic", claims.

In the pages of the book, it is revealed that Barça allegedly asked Lewandowski to stop scoring goals during the last two matches of the 2022-2023 season, his first in Catalonia.

The reason? At that time, Barça, already facing financial difficulties, would have been forced to pay a bonus of 2.5 million euros to Bayern Munich, his former team, if the Polish striker reached 25 goals in La Liga. He was at 23 goals scored...

Result: Lewi played the entirety of these two final matches... without scoring!

However, FC Barcelona had already been officially crowned champion of Spain at the time of this alleged request. But still...

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