Barca are keen to sign Rashford, but it looks like Lewandowski will be leaving
“Barcelona have a major question to answer this summer: who should be their long-term central striker? Robert Lewandowski is widely expected to leave when his contract expires at the end of the season. The 37-year-old Poland international has been a consistent goalscorer for Barca since joining from Bayern Munich in 2022, with 115 goals in 179 appearances. Who can step up to fill those boots? As we will see, there are internal options and targets elsewhere. But, as always, those need to be weighed against Barca’s financial limitations and who they can actually afford. …”
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Barcelona’s search for a new No 9 – and what it means for Rashford and Lewandowski
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“SOME big clubs are in a perpetual state of flux. Some believe they have the right to perpetual success, others have been striving for it for decades. Managers have been sacked, often by that default explanation, ‘mutual consent’, and the club response has invariably been around finding a new coach who ‘understands the DNA of the club’. They invariably believe that “winning is in our DNA” but it is more appropriately described as the desire to win, which should actually be in every club’s ‘DNA’. Not everyone can win, however, and nobody is entitled to be on the victory podium on a regular basis. If you examine the honours list at most clubs, not many are regular champions or winners. Liverpool have 47 major honours, Manchester United 44, Arsenal 31. …”
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