Wishlist Robert Lewandowski

[different level 1,056]

Out of the three top strikers (Cavani, Lewy and Rooney) Lewandowski is on top of the "price-quality" scale IMO + he is younger than both of them and would fit better to the idea of rejuvenating the squad. Too bad he has decided to stay in Dortmund and if he is going somewhere that'd be Munich.

[Muzchap 8,966]

He wants to buy a house in Monaco! Sure he fucking does... Then he pays ZERO tax on all of his earnings as he'll no doubt file for Domicile Status...

That's fucking shocking, good luck to him - wonder how long the German press will take to realise he's not paying into Germany, but getting a lot of money out... I'd expect a witch hunt - incited by his former employees...

International Tax Evasion is the new big thing - I know - I'm being stung for it after moving to Austria - So now I'm moving back LOL...

[different level 1,056]

IMO we should concentrate on this deal. He only has a year left of his contract and that gives us better negotiating power, so instead of wasting our time with that idiot ADL we can snap up this guy. I know Dortmund said he is not for sale but that could probably be only because everybody is trying to get him with a cheeky bid of €30 mil or under. If we were (reportedly) ready to offer €40 mil + Torres for Cavani, I'd rather we use that amount for Lewy.

[Christo191 173]

He wants to buy a house in Monaco! Sure he fucking does... Then he pays ZERO tax on all of his earnings as he'll no doubt file for Domicile Status...

That's fucking shocking, good luck to him - wonder how long the German press will take to realise he's not paying into Germany, but getting a lot of money out... I'd expect a witch hunt - incited by his former employees...

International Tax Evasion is the new big thing - I know - I'm being stung for it after moving to Austria - So now I'm moving back LOL...

Tax evasion Messi is that You?

[Mouri_Matic 560]

This is like Balotelli to Milan, Mourinho to us, Ronaldo to Real Madrid, Kaka to Real Madrid...etc

It is one of those rumor that pretty much everyone know that will eventually happen to matter what. This time the guy even CAME OUT and said moving to Bayern is his dream move so he is going to get it, maybe not this year but definitely next year. That is why there is no rumor linking him with anyone because everyone already knew where he wanted and will go to.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Klopp - "Ich glaube, es ist Fakt, dass Robert Lewandowski nach der kommenden Saison zu den Bayern wechseln wird".

"Jetzt geht es darum: Wie gestalten wir den Zeitraum bis dahin Das ist unser Anliegen, und es ist unsere Verfplichtung gegenüber unseren Fans und Mitgliedern, dafür zu sorgen, dass wir auch in der kommenden Saison eine mehr als konkurrenzfähige Mannschaft haben werden."

"I believe it's a fact that Robert Lewandowski will move to Bayern after the coming season."

"Now it's about this: how do we build in the time until then? That is our concern, and it is our duty to our fans and members to take care that in the coming season we also have a more than competitive team."

"Up until a certain point we were ready to talk, concerning Robert's desire for change. But as nothing happened in this time, we had to say at some point: That is no longer happening."

"And now we want to prove that we can develop, with a quality player like Robert, in the coming year. Our results in the coming season are the most important thing. And with Robert I know that he also sees it like that."

Lewandowski is a guy every coach in Europe admires, even Mou, but it wasn't a secret anymore he'll be signing with Bayern in the summer of 2014. Now Klopp confirmed that.

[xPetrCechx 13,573]

So....

Cavani

Falcao

Lewa

Rooney- Suarez?

[J.F. 1,484]

Lisandro Lopez?

[Pizy 18,945]

Is pretty incredible that we'll likely start another season with Torres as first choice striker.

[Jype 6,398]

Lewandowski on a free transfer next year has got to be one of the best transfers ever, especially when acquired from a direct title rival which at the same time improves their own team and weakens the other. Amazing business from Bayern's point of view but a shame for the whole Bundesliga when one team is already so superior to the others and then they go on to buy two of the biggest stars from their number one rival. How about getting Marco Reus top while they're at it just to complete the hat-trick?

Lewandowski acting a proper cunt here. He had his pick of all the top teams in Europe but he declines them all in favour of joining Bayern Munchen and is so desperate to join them he's willing to wait a year to get his preferred move. A low blow to everyone at Dortmund and especially to Jürgen Klopp who made him the player he is now.

It's sad there's no loyalty in world football these days.

[Barbara 15,149]

what if Dortmund has a bad first semester and in order to earn some money and get some new signings they decide to sell Lewa in the january window? why would they prefer to wait his contract to expire and get nothing from one of the most rated forwarders in Europe now is beyond my comprehension.

[mediator 2,026]

In January Lewan will be able to sign for Dortmund (but has to wait until the end of season to move)

So it's now or never

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Lewandowski acting a proper cunt here. He had his pick of all the top teams in Europe but he declines them all in favour of joining Bayern Munchen and is so desperate to join them he's willing to wait a year to get his preferred move. A low blow to everyone at Dortmund and especially to Jürgen Klopp who made him the player he is now.

I share the same opinion, too. No doubt he's a top striker, but he is just a big time pussy, like a girl cheated by her rich husband, but willing to stay with him so she doesn't have to come back to her normal life.

Lewandowski is afraid of a big challenge, he's afraid of being the man that everybody counts on scoring goals. He's afraid of going out of Germany and be a flop like Torres. Everybody will say "yea', we knew this polish guy was shit, all he did in Dortmund was because of guys like Reus, Gotze, Gundogan that were the heart of the team.". Instead, Lewandowski choses to stay in Germany, a league he knows and a league Bayern dominated in the last year and will dominate in the next years imo. I think being a striker for Bayern right now is the easiest job a professional footballer coud have - great team, with a solid back line and guys like Schweinsteiger, Martinez, Robben, Ribery and Gotze will easily bring you the ball in front of the net; all you have to do is score from 6, 10, 11 meters. Even Danny Graham would do a great job there. And Lewandowski knows this. Why go elsewhere and have pressure on your shoulders when you can go to Bayern as a Bundesliga superstar and know you'll be in the team that will dominate Germany since Dortmund will be weakend by your departure and teams like Schalke, Leverkusen or Stuttgart won't get near the title. And the pressure won't be on you for sure as it wasn't on Gomez and Mandzukic. Although they scored lot of goals in the last years, they were never credited as Bayern's engine. Robben was, Muller was, Ribbery was, Schweinsteiger was. So Lewandowski will live a happy life in Munchen, without the pressure he'll have if playing for United or Chelsea.

The next thing Lewandowski will benefit of is the money he'll get when he's coming in Munich as a free agent. Big time money, instead of paying 35-40 million for him, Bayern assured months ago Lewandowski's account will look beaufiful if he's coming in Munich as a free agent. He's agent confirmed this two or three months ago - he said something like: "Robert won't sign another contract with Dortmund. Blaczikowski and Piszcek were satisfied with the small amount of money Dortmund gave them when they signed the new contract, but we aren't. In Bayern will be given 10 times of that if Robert will go there as a free agent."

Good striker, will be even great with Bayern, but a big time pussy for me. Glad he isn't coming here. I'd rather sign a guy like Lamps that wants to stay here for another season, instead of going to Los Angeles for a fortune.

[Peace. 4,352]

what if Dortmund has a bad first semester and in order to earn some money and get some new signings they decide to sell Lewa in the january window? why would they prefer to wait his contract to expire and get nothing from one of the most rated forwarders in Europe now is beyond my comprehension.

Because in this transfer saga, there is an issue bigger than money. Dortmund is the only german club which can fight against Munich's fraudulent hegemony. However, Bayern cynically stabbed them a few weeks ago by buying Gotze ; the player which kinda symbolised Dortmund. And the worst is that, because of the buyout-clause, Dortmund hadn't even their say in it.

Now, Munich wants to strike again and "steal" them another of their best players. Dortmund cannot afford to lose their two best players in a sole mercato, especially losing them to their rivals. It would be a big blow on a sportive aspect — but it would be an even bigger blow regarding "Public Relation". If Dortmund surrender to Munich, they would look weak because they bowed once again to their rival. Thus, Bayern will set themselves as THE german club, while Dortmund will look like a very good team but who will always be second. That's the kind of message that will be send, if they sell Lewandowski to Munich.

Moreover, Dortmund cannot sell Lewandowski to another team. Firstly, because the player doesn't want to go to another team except Bayen. Secondly, if Dortmund force him to go to another club, they will look like the bad guys.

By saying no, Dortmund send the message that, no, Bayern cannot do whatever they want, and that they can stand up to Munich, on the field, and off the field. Of course, Borussia will lose 24 millions d'euros, though they will gain a lot on the psychological aspect. That's a laudable stance taken by Dortmund ; a very strong stance.

[Barbara 15,149]

@Peace., thanks for the explanation, mate. It makes a lot of sense.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Because in this transfer saga, there is an issue bigger than money. Dortmund is the only german club which can fight against Munich's fraudulent hegemony. However, Bayern cynically stabbed them a few weeks ago by buying Gotze ; the player which kinda symbolised Dortmund. And the worst is that, because of the buyout-clause, Dortmund hadn't even their say in it.

Now, Munich wants to strike again and "steal" them another of their best players. Dortmund cannot afford to lose their two best players in a sole mercato, especially losing them to their rivals. It would be a big blow on a sportive aspect — but it would be an even bigger blow regarding "Public Relation". If Dortmund surrender to Munich, they would look weak because they bowed once again to their rival.

You know, let me tell you a story. But bare in mind it is ONLY MY OPINION. Don't know if this is true, but this is what I feel about Gotze and Lewandowski going to Bayern. Let's go back in 2004 when Dortmund were in banktrupcy - they were broke and had no money, they were on the verge of losing all the players because they were not able to pay the salaries. Don't know the rules, but they were about to be relegated or dissolved, until Bayern came and helped them with €2m. Remarkably, it was not revealed until early last year, when Hoeness brought it up at a supporters' meeting. With the two clubs embroiled in a title race at the time, there were allegations in the German media that he had revealed it to undermine Dortmund. Uli Hoeness said - "It was a critical situation for Borussia Dortmund. When they couldn't even pay their salaries we thought we should help. I'm a big fan of tradition in sport and I think it was the right thing to do.". The loan was interest free and Bayern agreed a schedule whereby Dortmund had nine months, until June 2005, to pay it back in full. The first €1.5m came back after two months; the rest of it later.

Even though Dortmund returned the money, I think, and I will repeat myself again, it is only my opinion, I think now is THE REAL PAYBACK TIME. Hoeness said they did this for the sake of sport. Bla, bla, there was an interest there for sure. I think they said something like this: "Ok, here we go. Can you get the money to pay the salaries in time? You won't. Let's have a deal. We'll give you the money, you will return to us in 9 months, but there is a condition: when you'll be having a real superstar in your team, he comes to us. When the time will come, we'll talk about a transfer. Otherwise the deal is off."

You probably think - Ok, payback time, but this was in 2004, why didn't Bayern took some players from Dortmund in 2006, 2007, maybe 2008? Why did they waited until now? Well, they took Frings and Dortmund have departed with some good players since then, such as Pienaar, Metzelder, Petric, Frei, but not Bayern material. I think Munich waited for the right moment and they struck. Gotze exploded in the last years, don't you think they were aware of his buyout clause? They were, but they knew Gotze must go to Bayern. And Lewandowski - he's only a year left in his contract. Every big club would renew his contract with 3 years before it ends. But, as Gotze, he needs to go to Bayern. He's still a pussy in my eyes, but this is the deal.

Dortmund isn't happy about this, but it is a matter of honor now. You saved me, ok. Have Gotze, have Lewandowski, we'll consider ourselves even. NOT A FACT. MY OPINION!

[Toli 977]

^ not true at all. the people now operating at Dortmund are completely different to those in 2004. there is surely no agreement of this sort. also, BVB didnt give Götze to them...bayern just paid the release clause and thats it. also now the same...BVB doesnt sell Lewandowski to Bayern. his contract runs out and he will go there for free. dont see any relations to what happened in 2004 to what is happening now.

[edenhazard17 281]

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-miss-out-on-robert-lewandowski-8695254.html

Chelsea miss out on Robert Lewandowski

Lewandowski is refusing to consider a move elsewhere, so Dortmund are prepared to let him see out his contract and leave on a free transfer next year.

Klopp said: “It is a known fact that Robert is going to play for Bayern after the upcoming season. Now the only question is how to shape the time until then. That is our commitment to ensure that we will have a more competitive team in the upcoming season.

“Up to a certain point we were with Robert’s desire for change and were ready to talk. But nothing happened so we had to eventually say a sale now no longer works for us.

“And now we want to prove that, with a quality player like Robert, we can be successful in the coming year.”

He is gone for good. Klopp confirmed. Glad it's finally over, at least.

[GoldChelsea 7]

yeah but I'm not sure he will come to us !

[Special Juan 28,143]

Just to fucking Bayern and stop tossing around.