{"id":4057,"date":"2026-04-14T06:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T06:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/4057\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T06:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T06:38:13","slug":"barcelona-no-longer-a-priority-for-veteran-striker-likely-to-leave-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/4057\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona no longer a priority for veteran striker likely to leave this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The future of Robert Lewandowski remains a massive question mark for Barcelona as we enter the final phase of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran\u2019s contract expires at the end of the season, but Barcelona have shown the desire to <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/just-in-barcelona-table-contract-offer-for-veteran-superstar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:renew his deal for another year;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;renew his deal for another year&quot;}\" class=\"link \">renew his deal for another year<\/a>, albeit with a massive pay cut.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Lewandowski, who has been at the club since 2022, has appeared a bit apprehensive in renewing his contract, which in turn has put question marks over his future at Camp Nou.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona no longer a priority<\/p>\n<p>According to author <a href=\"https:\/\/sportowefakty.wp.pl\/pilka-nozna\/1244966\/klaruje-sie-przyszlosc-lewandowskiego-pewnie-zabrzmi-to-zaskakujaco\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sebastian Staszewski;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Sebastian Staszewski&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Sebastian Staszewski<\/a>, Lewandowski could be playing his last few weeks at Barcelona and is expected to leave in the coming summer.<\/p>\n<p>Staszewski knows Lewandowski inside out and has written a book about the Pole, which was the second most-read book in Poland last year.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"722\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/32d2b6b08631530f807c8779c54605d1.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Final few weeks as a Barcelona player? (Photo by David Ramos\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The author suggests that renewing his contract at Barcelona is no longer a priority for the former Borussia Dortmund striker, knowing his role in the team will only diminish further next season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona, for their part, no longer consider Lewandowski a star player. This is hardly surprising as the Pole will turn 38 by the start of next season.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona, therefore, were willing to take a big gamble in the first place by trying to renew the contract of the veteran striker, trusting in his abilities to perform at the highest level, especially at a time when most footballers either retire or move to lower leagues.<\/p>\n<p>However, it appears the marriage between Lewandowski and Barcelona is well and truly over.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that Lewandowski will no longer be a star player at Bar\u00e7a does not sit well with the Polish international, as he looks to take the final step in his career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The future of Robert Lewandowski remains a massive question mark for Barcelona as we enter the final phase&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[549,92,88,935,2969,2968],"class_list":{"0":"post-4057","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-barcelona","8":"tag-barca","9":"tag-barcelona","10":"tag-borussia-dortmund","11":"tag-robert-lewandowski","12":"tag-sebastian-staszewski","13":"tag-veteran-striker"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4057","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=4057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}