Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring their second goal. Photo: REUTERS\/FILE <\/p>\n
BARCELONA: <\/p>\n
Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski said Saturday he is leaving the club this summer at the end of his contract.<\/p>\n
The veteran Polish forward, 37, scored 119 goals for Barcelona in 191 games across all competitions since joining from Bayern Munich in 2022.<\/p>\n
Lewandowski helped Barca to three La Liga titles, including this season’s trophy, and the Copa del Rey in 2025.<\/p>\n
“After four years full of challenges and hard work, it’s time to move on,” said Lewandowski in a post on Instagram.<\/p>\n
“I leave with the feeling that the mission is complete. Four seasons, three championships.”<\/p>\n
The forward joined with Barca at a low ebb and struggling financially, helping restore them to the Spanish throne and also compete for the Champions League.<\/p>\n
“Barca is back where it belongs,” continued Lewandowski.<\/p>\n
“I will never forget the love I received from the fans from my very first days. Catalonia is my place on earth.”<\/p>\n
Lewandowski will play for the last time at Barcelona’s Camp Nou stadium on Sunday against Real Betis, with coach Hansi Flick confirming he will start.<\/p>\n
“He spoke with the team, said goodbye, and that it was a great time for him here in Barcelona,” said Flick, who also coached Lewandowski at Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n
“I’ve worked with Robert now for years, and we won together nine (trophies), all the titles I’ve won were with him.<\/p>\n
“For me it’s a privilege to work with him. He’s a professional player… every day he gave the best with his body to be at the highest level.<\/p>\n
“He’s a perfect role model for young players… this is why he’s still playing at this level.”<\/p>\n
Flick said Lewandowski was a “fantastic human, but also a world-class player”.<\/p>\n
“Thank you, Robert Lewandowski, for every goal, every (bit of) fight, and every magical moment wearing these colours,” said Barcelona on social media. “He arrived as a star, he leaves as a legend.”<\/p>\n
Lewandowski is one of the most prolific strikers of his generation and finished as La Liga’s top scorer in his debut campaign under Xavi Hernandez.<\/p>\n
This season Flick rotated him up front with Spain international Ferran Torres, with Lewandowski scoring 18 goals in 44 games.<\/p>\n
The striker did not confirm his next destination but has been linked with clubs in Saudi Arabia and the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring their second goal. Photo: REUTERS\/FILE BARCELONA: Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski said Saturday he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,1495],"class_list":["post-24713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-lewandowski"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24713","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=24713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}