“Strange as it might be to say about a player who has scored over 700 goals and is on course for his 13th league title, Robert Lewandowski has had a relatively uneventful career. Compared to other greats of this era, there was minimal hype in his youth days, at least outside Poland. There has been no Ballon d’Or, probably only because the event was cancelled in 2020. There has been no standout success with his national side. There have been few controversies, no serious injuries, no crises in confidence, no sudden positional shift. …”
NY Times/The Athletic – Michael Cox