{"id":468653,"date":"2025-12-24T09:57:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T09:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/468653\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T09:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T09:57:11","slug":"hes-not-the-same-player-he-was-barcelona-striker-robert-lewandowski-tipped-to-play-for-two-more-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/468653\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018He\u2019s not the same player he was\u2019 &#8211; Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski tipped to play for \u2018two more years\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Robert Lewandowski\u2019s future is generating plenty of debate as the veteran striker heads into the final months of his contract at Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The 37-year-old is no longer a guaranteed starter at Barcelona and may well walk away as a free agent next summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Poland legend Zbigniew Boniek has been asked about the striker and thinks he\u2019ll play for two more years before hanging up his boots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cIt\u2019s an inevitable process. Robert is 37 and has aged a bit. As long as he keeps playing football, he\u2019ll score goals, but he\u2019s not the same player he was a few years ago. The captain is aging gracefully, and I hope to see him in the<br \/>United States or some Arab country next season. He\u2019ll play two more years to earn some extra money,\u201d he told TVP Sports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cIf he ended up at San Siro, he\u2019d have problems. Playing in Italy is more difficult than in Spain. In my opinion, his signing for Milan doesn\u2019t seem likely, especially because the Italians don\u2019t pay as much as the Spanish,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cMilan has Luka Modric, who\u2019s 40, in midfield, but being a center forward in Serie A means constantly colliding with 190cm center-backs, elbowing, and committing fouls. I don\u2019t know if that would be a challenge for Robert.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cWithout a doubt, he is one of the best, and for some, the best Polish footballer in history, who has generated many positive emotions among the fans. And he will be the leader in this statistic for the next 100 years. He has been an incredible player and will be able to play for a while longer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robert Lewandowski\u2019s future is generating plenty of debate as the veteran striker heads into the final months of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":468654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[1396,2618,87093,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-468653","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-barcelona-la-liga","9":"tag-barcelona-team-news","10":"tag-barcelona-transfer-rumors-news","11":"tag-soccer","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115773953966495391","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}