“Breakfast, training, goals.” That is what the veteran superstar Polish striker and newest addition to the Barcelona football club, Robert Lewandowski, intends to do in order to improve the fortune of his new team as well as his overall legacy in professional football.
When he was proudly presented to the close to 60,000 Barcelona supporters at the legendary and historic Camp Nou stadium on Friday, the highly – talented and competitive striker, Lewandowski, was completely confident that he still possesses the hunger as well as the ability to turn around the Barcelona football club and make his new team the top squad in the Spanish La Liga League even at age of 33 – years – old in order to help the Catalan club get themselves back to greatness.
“First, I’m gonna eat breakfast so I won’t be hungry anymore and then I’m going for the training session,” the newly acquired powerful and talented striker Robert Lewandowski stated when he was asked what gets him up and going each and every day. “Of course, you know, it’s easier for me because I’m doing what I love. I have to say after so many years I still have this feeling, I still want to do even more … So long as I wake up and I don’t feel the pain, (and) I feel this hunger, that means I can still play at the top level.”
Barcelona has put all of their chips on their rebuild and revival on the veteran striker from Poland who is one of the greatest goal scorers the game has even seen. Following his 8 – highly successful seasons with the Bayern Munichfootball club of the German Bundesliga League, Lewandowski ultimately decided to begin a new chapter of his illustrious career playing professional football by moving to Spain in order to join the Barcelona football club.
As he does so during a crucial time, when Lewandowski can continue to maintain his status at the top of the game being considered as one of the best goal scorers in European professional football or he could go the other way and slowly begin to slip into the very tail end of his career.
The overall success of the Barcelona football club during the upcoming 2022 – 2023 European football season may rest on the shoulders of Lewandowski.
Robert is getting close to turning 34 – years – old just 1 – week following the Barcelona football club begins their upcoming football season versus the Rayo Vallecano football club on Saturday, August 13th, 2022.
“My age doesn’t matter,” Lewandowski said. “My body doesn’t feel that I am 33 and almost 34 years because I know that I can still play a few years at the top level. I feel better even than when I was 29 years old.”
The unveiling of Lewandowski at the Camp Nou stadium was the very 1st – opportunity for the Spanish fans of Barcelona’s football club to get a good look at Robert in person since he signed with Barca recently. Lewandowski inked a new 4 – year contract with the Barcelona football club just 2 – weeks ago following him joining the team on their pre – season tour of the United States of America after his 50 – million – euro ($50 million) transfer from the Bayern Munich football club.
Close to 60,000 Barcelona fans were allocated free admission and showed up to Camp Nou stadium in order to witness Lewandowski wear his new number 9 Barcelona football club jersey for the first time on that extremely hot and humid day.
Robert has been at the top of the German Bundesliga League scoring list in 7 – seasons, and he arrives to Spain in hopes of helping Barcelona rebound after only 1 – championship trophy over their past 3 – football seasons. Barca did win the Copa del Rey back in 2021, and that was their last championship title.
Barcelona was forced to have to sell off a large portion of their television rights as well as some of their own production company in order to get the liquid money necessary to even sign the Polish star striker in Lewandowski, the defender of Jules Koundé, and the winger in Raphinha. So, now the pressure is definitely on for Xavi Hernández’s team to win some championship trophies.
Lewandowski stated that he is heavily motivated by the challenge of turning around the Barcelona football club especially involving matches that have to do with Barca’s biggest rival in Real Madrid. Real Madrid’s football club was the ultimate victor of both the Spanish La Liga League championship as well as the Champions League title last season.
If there was any club to mark the course of Barcelona’s downfall from the elite group of European football over the course of the past few years it was Lewandowski’s team in Bayern Munich. The German Bundesliga Leaguepowerhouse handed the Barcelona football club quite a devastating 8 to 2 loss back in 2020, and they beat them two times during match play of the Champions League during the previous European football season through a combined 6 to 0 score in the group stage of the competition.
With all that said, now Lewandowski hopes to not only score his handful of goals, but also pass on his knowledge of the game through his great past experiences playing the game. He will help Barcelona’s younger players like the teenagers Pedi González, Ansu Fati, and Gavi Páez.
“I know we have a lot of young players with huge potential and they have a huge talent as well. But in the end, this mix between experience and the young players is also important,” Lewandowski goes on to say. “I can tell them and explain (things to them) because I saw a lot in my life in football.”
Robert’s unveiling came exactly 1 – year following Barcelona stunning their fans as well as the rest of the football world by publicly explaining that they were in such a state of financial ruin.
It was pretty much impossible for the debt – revenged football club to sign the legendary superstar footballer in Lionel Messi to a new contract, even when the football great was ready and willing to except a pay cut. Barcelona’s all – time leading goal scorer walked away for free to join the Paris Saint – Germain football club over the last year.
That was just the 1st of several difficult decisions that Barcelona’s club president, Joan Laporta, has had to make in attempt to save the football club that is currently burdened with $1 billion of debt due to their previous management.
Laporta explained that the latest arrival of Robert Lewandowski in Barcelona was a “historic day.”
“One year ago, we had to sadly make an announcement that was not wanted due to the economic situation of the club,”the Barcelona football club president Joan Laporta explained. “But a year has passed, and we can say that we are turning this situation around. We have come out of the hospital and are in better health.”
Robert Lewandowski’s Football Career Achievements, Honors, & Awards
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Lech Poznań
Ekstraklasa: 2009 – 2010
Polish Cup: 2008 – 2009
Polish Super Cup: 2009
Borussia Dortmund
Bundesliga: 2010 – 2011, 2011 – 2012
DFB – Pokal: 2011 – 2012
DFL – Supercup: 2013
UEFA Champions League Runner – Up: 2012 – 2013
Bayern Munich
Bundesliga: 2014 – 2015, 2015 – 2016, 2016 – 2017, 2017 – 2018, 2018 – 2019, 2019 – 2020, 2020 – 2021, 2021 – 2022
DFB – Pokal: 2015 – 2016, 2018 – 2019, 2019 – 2020
DFL – Supercup: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021
UEFA Champions League: 2019 – 2020
UEFA Super Cup: 2020
FIFA Club World Cup: 2020
Individual
Ballon d’Or Striker of the Year: 2021
European Golden Shoe: 2020 – 2021, 2021 – 2022
The Best FIFA Men’s Player: 2020, 2021
FIFA FIFPro World11: 2020, 2021
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2020
IFFHS World’s Best Man Player: 2020, 2021
IFFHS World’s Best Top Goal Scorer: 2020, 2021
IFFHS World’s Best International Goal Scorer: 2015, 2021
IFFHS World’s Best Top Division Goal Scorer: 2021
IFFHS Men’s World Team: 2020, 2021
IFFHS World Team of the Decade: 2011 – 2020
IFFHS UEFA Team of the Decade: 2011 – 2020
UEFA Men’s Player of the Year: 2019 – 2020
UEFA Champions League Forward of the Season: 2019 – 2020
UEFA Champions League Top Goal Scorer: 2019 – 2020
UEFA Champions League Top Assist Provider: 2019 – 2020
UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2015 – 2016, 2016 – 2017, 2019 – 2020, 2020 – 2021
UEFA Team of the Year: 2019, 2020
UEFA Euro Qualifying Best Player: 2016
Laureus World Sports Awards – Exceptional Achievement Award (2022)
ESM Team of the Year: 2019 – 2020, 2020 – 2021, 2021 – 2022
European Sportsperson of the Year: 2020
World Soccer Player of the Year: 2020, 2021
FourFourTwo Player of the Year: 2020, 2021
Tuttosport Golden Player: 2020, 2021
The Guardian Best Footballer in the World: 2020, 2021
Goal 50: 2019 – 2020
Globe Soccer Best Player of the Year: 2020
Globe Soccer Fans’ Player of the Year: 2021
Globe Soccer Maradona Award: 2021
Guinness World Record (x4): 2015
Ekstraklasa Best Player: 2009
Ekstraklasa Top Goal Scorer: 2009 – 2010
Ekstraklasa Goal of the Season: 2008 – 2009
II liga Top Goal Scorer: 2007 – 2008
III liga Top Goal Scorer: 2006 – 2007
Polish Footballer of the Year: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
Polish Sports Personality of the Year: 2015, 2020, 2021
Polish Young Player of the Year: 2008
VDV Bundesliga Player of the Season: 2012 – 2013, 2016 – 2017, 2017 – 2018, 2019 – 2020, 2020 – 2021
VDV Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2012 – 2013, 2013 – 2014, 2014 – 2015, 2015 – 2016, 2016 – 2017, 2017 – 2018, 2018 – 2019, 2019 – 2020, 2020 – 2021, 2021 – 2022
Bundesliga Player of the Season: 2016 – 2017, 2019 – 2020
Bundesliga Goal of the Month: March 2019, August 2019, May 2021
Bundesliga Top Goal Scorer: 2013 – 2014, 2015 – 2016, 2017 – 2018, 2018 – 2019, 2019 – 2020, 2020 – 2021, 2021 – 2022
Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2012 – 2013, 2013 – 2014, 2014 – 2015, 2015 – 2016, 2016 – 2017, 2017 – 2018, 2018 – 2019, 2020 – 2021, 2021 – 2022
Bundesliga Fantasy Team of the Season: 2019 – 2020, 2020 – 2021, 2021 – 2022
Bundesliga Player of the Month: August 2019, October 2020
Footballer of the Year in Germany: 2020, 2021
Kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2013 – 2014, 2015 – 2016, 2017 – 2018, 2018 – 2019, 2019 – 2020, 2020 – 2021
DFB – Pokal Top Goal Scorer: 2011 – 2012, 2016 – 2017, 2017 – 2018, 2018 – 2019, 2019 – 2020
Bayern Munich Player of the Season: 2019 – 2020
Orders
POL Polonia Restituta Komandorski BAR.svg Order of Polonia Restituta, Commander’s Cross: 2021
Sources:
Wilson, Joseph. “My age doesn’t matter:’ Lewandowski aims to rebuild Barça”. The Associated Press. Friday, August 5, 2022.
Football Reference News Services. “Robert Lewandowski”. Football Reference. Friday, August 5, 2022.
