{"id":1150903,"date":"2022-07-16T22:04:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T22:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/16\/barcelona-reach-agreement-with-bayern-munich-to-sign-lewandowski\/"},"modified":"2022-07-16T22:04:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T22:04:21","slug":"barcelona-reach-agreement-with-bayern-munich-to-sign-lewandowski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/16\/barcelona-reach-agreement-with-bayern-munich-to-sign-lewandowski\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona reach agreement with Bayern Munich to sign Lewandowski"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2836291-58490855-1600-900-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"Robert Lewandowski celebrates after scoring his team's second goal during the German first division Bundesliga football match FC Bayern Munich v SC Freiburg on June 20, 2020 Image credit: Getty Images\" title=\"Robert Lewandowski celebrates after scoring his team's second goal during the German first division Bundesliga football match FC Bayern Munich v SC Freiburg on June 20, 2020  Image credit: Getty Images\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Lewandowski celebrates after scoring his team&#8217;s second goal during the German first division Bundesliga football match FC Bayern Munich v SC Freiburg on June 20, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Image credit: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Barcelona have reached a \u201cverbal agreement\u201d with Bayern Munich to sign Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, says the Bayern president.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old, who has one year left on his Bayern contract, told the club last month that he\u00a0wishes to leave.<\/p>\n<p>Lewandowski scored 50 goals in 46 games last season as he helped Bayern win a 10th straight Bundesliga title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good to have clarity for all parties,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBayernEN\/status\/1548294415868760066\">said Bayern president Herbert Hainer.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have come to a verbal agreement with Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRobert is an incredible player and he won everything with us. We are incredibly grateful to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lewandowski joined Bayern\u00a0on a free transfer from Borussia Dortmund in 2014\u00a0and has scored 344 times in 374 games for the club, making him their second-highest scorer of all time behind Gerd Muller.<\/p>\n<p>The Pole has won the league in all eight of his seasons at Bayern and also helped the Bavarians win the Champions League in 2019-20.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern have also announced that Germany winger\u00a0<strong>Serge Gnabry<\/strong>, 27, has signed a contract extension until 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona completed the signing of Raphinha\u00a0from Leeds on Friday in a deal worth up to \u00a355m having already\u00a0signed Franck Kessie and Andreas Christensen\u00a0on free transfers earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"i3q9sYb5yd0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Let&#039;s sell Ghana right, musicians advised \u2013 Adom TV News (16-7-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i3q9sYb5yd0?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Lewandowski celebrates after scoring his team&#8217;s second goal during the German first division Bundesliga football match FC Bayern Munich v SC Freiburg on June 20, 2020 Image credit: Getty Images Barcelona have reached a \u201cverbal agreement\u201d with Bayern Munich to sign Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, says the Bayern president. 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