{"id":63018,"date":"2026-07-30T11:38:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T11:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/63018\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T11:38:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T11:38:44","slug":"robert-lewandowski-rejected-e200m-saudi-arabia-transfer-offer-while-at-barcelona-claims-mls-stars-agent-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/63018\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Lewandowski rejected \u20ac200m Saudi Arabia transfer offer while at Barcelona, claims MLS star&#8217;s agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking to the Polish outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/sportowefakty.wp.pl\/pilka-nozna\/1264555\/pini-zahavi-lewandowski-mial-na-stole-oferte-na-100-mln-euro-za-sezon\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\">SportoweFakty<\/a>, Zahavi explained the mid-season proposal that was put in front of the legendary marksman. &#8220;Robert had a two-year offer on the table worth 100 million euros per season,&#8221; the agent revealed. When pressed on why Lewandowski rejected it, Zahavi simply replied: &#8220;Because he wanted to play for FC Barcelona.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start\">Interestingly, Zahavi admitted that the Middle East was actually the striker&#8217;s preferred destination if he were to leave Catalonia, primarily due to logistical reasons that would keep him closer to his homeland. &#8220;It&#8217;s true, Robert wanted to play in Saudi Arabia,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Mainly because of the convenience of living there: the small time difference between Riyadh and Warsaw, and the shorter distance to Poland compared to the United States. We also knew that a lot of money awaited us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start\">However, Lewandowski had no intention of abandoning Barcelona in the middle of the season. Zahavi then had to warn the former Bayern Munich star that the offer likely wouldn&#8217;t be waiting for him come summer. He added: &#8220;The Saudis have changed their approach to spending&#8230; The war also complicated the situation. So I was honest with Robert and finally told him: &#8216;I have to be honest with you. I know everyone there, I know the market, and the situation is going to be difficult.'&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Speaking to the Polish outlet SportoweFakty, Zahavi explained the mid-season proposal that was put in front of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,13001,85,639,185,1888,265],"class_list":["post-63018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-chicago-fire-fc","tag-laliga","tag-major-league-soccer","tag-r-lewandowski","tag-saudi-pro-league","tag-transfers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63018","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=63018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}