{"id":20264,"date":"2022-07-20T14:28:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T14:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/robert-lewandowski-signs-for-barcelona-as-bayern-boss-julian-nagelsmann-hits-out\/"},"modified":"2022-07-20T14:28:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T14:28:41","slug":"robert-lewandowski-signs-for-barcelona-as-bayern-boss-julian-nagelsmann-hits-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/robert-lewandowski-signs-for-barcelona-as-bayern-boss-julian-nagelsmann-hits-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Lewandowski signs for Barcelona as Bayern boss Julian Nagelsmann hits out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_667B1133-8B90-CE4B-3218-1ADA088A5963\">The 33-year-old joined the Spanish giant from Bayern for $46.1 million plus $5.12 million in additions, signing a four-year contract with a buyout clause of $512.47 million.<\/div>\n<p>The Polish striker was on the bench for Bar\u00e7a&#8217;s 6-0 thumping of Inter Miami and is the club&#8217;s fourth high-profile signing of the summer as manager Xavi looks to revamp his squad. <\/p>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_2EACF653-A979-4AAC-1966-1ADA088FDA53\">As well as Lewandowski, Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessi\u00e9 signed on free transfers while the <em>Blaugrana<\/em> reportedly spent over $56.33 million plus add-ons to acquire Brazil star Raphinha from Leeds United. <\/div>\n<p>And for a club which has gone through years of financial mismanagement, resulting in huge debt and a bloated wage bill, the vast sums of money spent have left Nagelsmann confused. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_D00CA49B-49E7-A7AF-541F-1ADA08954411\">Although he admitted the transfer of Lewandowski was good for both clubs, he said Barcelona is &#8220;the only club in the world that has no money but can buy every player.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"el__embedded el__embedded--fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"el__image--fullwidth js__image--fullwidth\">\n<div><noscript><img alt=\"Nagelsmann smiles during a training session on July 7, 2021.\" class=\"media__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/220720092636-02-robert-lewandowski-barca-large-169.jpg?ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Speaking before Bayern&#8217;s preseason game against DC United, he added: &#8220;It&#8217;s kind of weird and kind of crazy for me, but at the end, they find solutions. I don&#8217;t know how.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Financial mismanagement has forced Bar\u00e7a to cut loose many of its most valuable assets &#8212; including former captain Lionel Messi, the greatest player in the club&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_535819A4-DE46-3223-AC29-1ADA08A0429C\">Last year, President Joan Laporta revealed the full extent of the club&#8217;s &#8220;very worrying&#8221; situation, stating that Barcelona were over $1.5 billion in debt with a negative net worth of $515 million.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_FCEB0ACD-1527-CAFE-20CD-1ADA08A03F06\">The club signed a multi-year shirt and stadium sponsorship deal with audio streaming platform Spotify in the hopes of injecting some much needed funds to rebuild around a young squad.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_3262E309-6491-3D89-E38C-1AF50A76526C\">Barcelona has also activated several financial &#8220;levers&#8221; to bring in hundreds of millions of euros to help ease the burden in the short term, most notably through the sale of a percentage of their La Liga TV rights for the next 25 years.<\/div>\n<p>And now alongside some of its young stars &#8212; Pedri, Gavi and Ansu Fati &#8212; the team has a spine of more experienced players which it didn&#8217;t have at the beginning of last season. <\/p>\n<div class=\"el__embedded el__embedded--fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"el__image--fullwidth js__image--fullwidth\">\n<div><img class=\"media__image media__image--responsive\" alt=\"Lewandowski warms up before a preseason friendly against Inter Miami.\" src-mini=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/220720092730-03-robert-lewandowski-barca-small-169.jpg\" src-xsmall=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/220720092730-03-robert-lewandowski-barca-medium-plus-169.jpg\" src-small=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/220720092730-03-robert-lewandowski-barca-large-169.jpg\" src-medium=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/220720092730-03-robert-lewandowski-barca-exlarge-169.jpg\" src-large=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/220720092730-03-robert-lewandowski-barca-super-169.jpg\" src-full16x9=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/220720092730-03-robert-lewandowski-barca-full-169.jpg\" src-mini1x1=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/220720092730-03-robert-lewandowski-barca-small-11.jpg\" data-demand-load=\"not-loaded\" data-eq-pts=\"mini: 0, xsmall: 221, small: 308, medium: 461, large: 781\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAJAJEAAAAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAQAAkAAAIKlI+py+0Po5yUFQA7\"\/><noscript><img alt=\"Lewandowski warms up before a preseason friendly against Inter Miami.\" class=\"media__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/220720092730-03-robert-lewandowski-barca-large-169.jpg?ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lewandowski is the icing on the cake in this rebuilding, with the proven goal scorer providing a focal point for the team. <\/p>\n<p>He scored 344 goals in 375 appearances for Bayern, second most for the club behind Gerd M\u00fcller, including 50 goals in 46 games last season. <\/p>\n<p>He won the league in all eight seasons in Munich, as well as the Champions League in 2020, having joined on a free transfer from Borussia Dortmund in 2014. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 33-year-old joined the Spanish giant from Bayern for $46.1 million plus $5.12 million in additions, signing a four-year contract with a buyout clause of $512.47 million. The Polish striker was on the bench for Bar\u00e7a&#8217;s 6-0 thumping of Inter Miami and is the club&#8217;s fourth high-profile signing of the summer as manager Xavi looks &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/robert-lewandowski-signs-for-barcelona-as-bayern-boss-julian-nagelsmann-hits-out\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Robert Lewandowski signs for Barcelona as Bayern boss Julian Nagelsmann hits out<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[3777,9476],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16876,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/heres-why-bayern-munich-gave-in-and-sold-robert-lewandowski-to-fc-barcelona\/","url_meta":{"origin":20264,"position":0},"title":"Here&#8217;s why Bayern Munich gave in and sold Robert Lewandowski to FC Barcelona","date":"July 17, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"For a large part of the summer, Bayern Munich were adamant that Robert Lewandowski was not for sale. 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