{"id":19680,"date":"2026-05-08T23:49:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/19680\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T23:49:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:49:22","slug":"mls-club-director-confirms-interest-in-barcelona-striker-we-have-shown-our-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/19680\/","title":{"rendered":"MLS club director confirms interest in Barcelona striker: &#8216;We have shown our interest&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As speculations grow surrounding the future of Robert Lewandowski, the player has become a hot topic in the market, with even MLS outfit Chicago Fire going all out for the Barcelona frontman.<\/p>\n<p>Recent reports have indicated that Chicago Fire have <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-superstar-offered-lucrative-deal-worth-e15-million-plus-e5-million-by-mls-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">tabled a lucrative deal for Lewandowski<\/a>, hoping to lure him to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>As Chicago Fire continue to try and lure Lewandowski, the club\u2019s sporting director has publicly admitted the league\u2019s interest in signing the Barcelona forward.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Fire confirm interest<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JacobsBen\/status\/2052348338826096736?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ben Jacobs<\/a>, Chicago Fire sporting director Gregg Broughton confirmed the club\u2019s pursuit directly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRobert is a player that MLS is interested in,\u201d he said, which corroborates reports of the MLS outfit offering Lewandowski a lucrative deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to remember that in MLS, players belong to the league, not directly to the clubs,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fc-barcelona-v-newcastle-united-fc-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-round-of-16-second-leg-2-1024x683.j.jpeg\" alt=\"Robert Lewandowski of FC Barcelona\" class=\"wp-image-197564\"  \/>Lewandowski\u2019s future remains a hot topic in the market. (Photo by Alex Caparros\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Broughton confirmed that a formal expression of interest has already been made. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have shown our interest in trying to bring a player of that calibre to Chicago. Robert is still a Barcelona player, and it wouldn\u2019t be right to talk too much about a player who is under contract with another club,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Fire, though, is not the only option at Lewandowski\u2019s disposal, as the Pole has also been courted by Italian clubs, including Juventus, <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-veteran-offered-one-year-contract-worth-e6m-plus-bonuses-by-serie-a-giants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">who are ready to offer him a deal worth around \u20ac6 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is a fraction of the \u20ac20 million deal offered by Chicago Fire, but it appears Lewandowski wants to continue at the highest level of football. <\/p>\n<p>That is why Juventus remain an option, while a prolonged stay at Barcelona has not been ruled out either.<\/p>\n<p>The coming hours could prove to be crucial as his agent, Pini Zahavi, hands Lewandowski all possible options, after which the player is expected to make a final decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As speculations grow surrounding the future of Robert Lewandowski, the player has become a hot topic in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,222,1329,223,935],"class_list":{"0":"post-19680","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-barcelona","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-barcelona-news","10":"tag-chicago-fire","11":"tag-fc-barcelona","12":"tag-robert-lewandowski"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}