Lewandowski-Poker: Hoeneß on Barcelona: “Can save another offer”

According to Honorary President Uli Hoeneß, FC Barcelona does not need to make any further attempts to sign world footballer Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich.

‘I don’t know about a new offer. But the way things are in Munich, which I’ve heard in several conversations, Barcelona can save themselves another offer,” said Hoeneß on the sidelines of the “Neuland” future congress in Aachen: “I don’t decide that. But FC Bayern’s statements were clear. They say that Robert should fulfill the contract in Munich.”

When asked how the heavily indebted Catalans could even make such an offer, Hoeneß said ironically: “They are apparently financial artists who, despite the high debt burden, apparently still find a bank that gives them money to do something like that.” The former manager and president did not want to say anything about Lewandowski’s behavior in officially forcing the potential change: “I would pour oil on the fire with that. FC Bayern has not commented on this, and I don’t do that either.”

Various media had previously reported that FC Barcelona had increased their offer for Lewandowski to EUR 40 million and bonus payments of EUR 5 million. The contract of the 33-year-old Polish national player runs until June 30, 2023. The striker had stated several times that he wanted to leave the German champions this year. The club managers around CEO Oliver Kahn had ruled out a transfer.

Meanwhile, Hoeneß raved about the new striker Sadio Mané, who FC Bayern signed from Liverpool. “You don’t do it to send out a signal. We’re doing this to strengthen our team,” he said: “He’s a player that we’ve all always liked. When it became clear that there was something to be done, we were all enthusiastic. There is no one at FC Bayern who doesn’t like this transfer.”