Wishlist Robert Lewandowski

[Funkyflashman 187]

Lewa would make more sense than Gotze did. Why they're trying to replace Kroos is beyond me...

[OneMoSalah 8,783]

Lewa would make more sense than Gotze did. Why they're trying to replace Kroos is beyond me...

Kroos looks like a player who should play deeper, hes not an attacking midfielder in my eyes. He probably just plays there as Martinez and Schweinsteiger who are better than him both play in the pivot.

[Barbara 15,149]

It was definitely a compliment! I am impressed by your football knowledge

I know it was, thanks a lot. I know a little bit more than the average girl, but definitely much less than the average boy.

It's all good though, I have my fun and hopefully don't spoil yours

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

I know it was, thanks a lot. I know a little bit more than the average girl, but definitely much less than the average boy.

It's all good though, I have my fun and hopefully don't spoil yours

I don't know about that, I'm willing to say you know quite a bit more than me ahah. You didn't spoil anything, I was just surprised!

[Barbara 15,149]

I don't know about that, I'm willing to say you know quite a bit more than me ahah. You didn't spoil anything, I was just surprised!

we're good then

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

we're good then

Estamos sim

[Barbara 15,149]

Estamos sim

Nao tinha percebido a bandeirinha de Portugal! Tons of Portuguese spoken in this forum. win-win

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

Nao tinha percebido a bandeirinha de Portugal! Tons of Portuguese spoke in this forum. win-win

Por acaso sou dos Açores! Yes, nice little community over here

[GermanBlue 82]

Probably being silly and clutching at straws here but I'll still maintain that small hope we can get him till it's officially confirmed he's going elsewhere.

Very optimistic there but yes, we still have a very very little chance. Chelsea wants him and Mourinho also wanted him in Madrid. There's a very far catched similarity to the Vidal/Diego transfer to Juve where their agents also claimed to have agreed with Bayern (not nearly as explicit as Lewa's) and both joined Juve in the end. But that's just calculated optimism.

[Barbara 15,149]

the deal with Bayern is a given at this point.

It's a shame though, I really wanted to see him with our kit.

[Funkyflashman 187]

Kroos looks like a player who should play deeper, hes not an attacking midfielder in my eyes. He probably just plays there as Martinez and Schweinsteiger who are better than him both play in the pivot.

I think Kroos is the type of player that number 10's are moving towards now. We don't see players like Zidane or Riquelme anymore because of the requirement for players to be more tactically flexible. Michael Cox wrote an excellent article about exactly this

http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/03/26/trequartista-engance-classic-no-10sstruggle/

Kroos is a fantastic player because he can be the second forward or "number 10" as well as being a third central midfielder. When Madrid play Ozil he is very much a forward, rather than a third midfielder. When Mourinho wanted to compete more in the midfield area in his run of El Classico's, he consistently shifted Ozil out to the right in favour of Modric or Pepe, a player that could help Madrid be competitive in the centre of the pitch.

Kroos can play both roles for Bayern. He's strong and defensively aware enough to drop deeper to act as a third midfielder and has the technical ability to play in the "10" role for Bayern. Again this explains it well

http://www.zonalmarking.net/2012/04/17/bayern-munich-2-1-real-madrid-what-type-of-player-to-use-as-the-number-ten/

I think hes better in that role than Muller, and is possibly their key player even over Schweinsteiger/Robben/Ribery, so I don't understand the Gotze move. Seems a lot of money for depth...

[Yeboii 1,844]

I would welcome Kroos here

[ChelseaSyd 0]

He would do really well better than Cavani much sharper in my opinion well suited for Premier also reckon this Schurle looks a class act look at him on utube really good.

[Jase 43,479]

raphael honigstein ‏@honigstein

Dortmund have told Lewandowski he won't be sold to Bayern this summer

Smart decision, imo, even if they miss out on €25m in the process. sends out a strong message: money isn't everything

Dortmund encouraging foreign bids, obviously. but chance of Lewandowski going anywhere else is zero, imo.

Daniel B. ‏@dan_bu

Dortmund president Watzke confirmed that Lewandowski definitely won't join Bayern this summer. Free transfer in 2014 it seems.

€25m for Lewandowski and €63m for Cavani........

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

If we went for Lewa best believe they'd want KDB in the deal (to help replace gotze) and that would be a hard decision to make. But if we could get him without a player involved, that would be the best of both worlds.

Still think Lewa fits our team more so than Cavani but either option would be ideal.

Decisions. Decisions.

[edenhazard17 281]

2 days ago I found this article about Lewandowski on some website, but the article suddenly deleted, weird.

Anyway, I found the same article, this time published on espn. Here it is.

http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/210871.html

Dortmund still waiting on Bayern offer for Lewandowski

Borussia Dortmund president Reinhard Rauball has told SID that the club is still awaiting an offer for Poland striker Robert Lewandowski.

Lewandowski, 24, told Sport Bild this week that he is looking for "a new challenge" and that he expects to soon be able to join the "club of [his] choice".

That club is understood to be Bayern Munich, and both Jupp Heynckes and one of the player's agents have suggested that a move to the Allianz Arena is not far away. The player's contract expires in 2014, and he has resisted several offers to extend that deal.

However, Dortmund have maintained for some time now that no offer has yet arrived and that Lewandowski is not in a position to determine his own future, and Rauball, who is also chief of the German Football League (DFL), has underlined that stance.

"I have not heard about an offer from another club," he said on Thursday. "He is under contract at BVB for the upcoming season, without a release clause, and that is what those responsible for his future have made clear to him several times."

[haranr 485]

Guys I truly believe Lewondaski could be coming to Cheslea IF Cavani wont. I don't know if you noticed but it seemed in the Real vs Durtmond matches that Mourihno and Lewondaski had a connection. I mean Mourinho kept on tapping him on the back everytime he went off or after the game they were talking. I do think it is possible mourinho will bring Lewondwski if he really is not going to bayren,

[Toli 977]

lewandowski will only go to bayern. if not this year, than next year. dont know how people cannot understand this and keep on discussing about him.