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Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski has hit out at former club Bayern Munich, accusing them of making up “bulls—” to appease the club’s supporters about his departure.
Lewandowski spoke exclusively to ESPN FC’s Christina Alexander in his first interview since moving to Camp Nou earlier this month for an initial fee of €45 million. You can see the whole interview here.
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Lewandowski was asked about reports that his desire to leave Bayern was based on rumors that they were chasing striker Erling Haaland, who subsequently left Borussia Dortmund to join Manchester City.
“No, it had nothing to do with Erling,” he said. “I am the person that even if something is not good for me – the truth is more important. I don’t want to talk about what exactly happened. But if the question is whether the decision to move was because of him, no, I did not see the problem if he joins Bayern Munich.
“But some people don’t tell me the truth, say something different,” he continued. “And for me, it’s always been important to be clear, to stay true, and maybe for a few people that was the problem. And at the end of the day I know that something is not working well with my man and I knew that, OK, I see and I feel that maybe it’s a good time to leave Bayern Munich and join Barcelona.
“I had a very good relationship with my teammates, with the staff, with the coach and those are all things that I will miss because I had a wonderful time there. And we weren’t just friends off the field, but something But in the end, this chapter is over and I’m opening a new chapter in my life and a new chapter in my career.
“So I feel like I’m in the right position, in the right place. So everything that happened in the last maybe a couple of weeks before I left Bayern Munich, that was of course also a lot of politics. The club tried to find an argument why they could sell me to another club because before it was difficult to explain maybe to the fans. And I had to accept that even though it was a lot of bulls—, a lot of s— said about me. It’s not true, but at the end of the day I knew that the fans, even in this period, still support me a lot.”
The Poland international made it clear through a series of public interviews from the end of last season until the summer that he was ready to leave Bayern after eight seasons with the German champions. However, Bayern initially refused to accept the departure of a player who scored 344 goals in 375 appearances for the Bavarian giants.
Bayern chief executive Oliver Kahn said in a statement at the time of the transfer: “We have agreed to release Robert Lewandowski. We have a verbal agreement with FC Barcelona, the contract is still in progress.
“We know very well what we have to thank Robert for, but great players have also left Bayern in the past and even then Bayern’s world didn’t fall apart. On the contrary, it has often continued with even greater success.’
Lewandowski, 33, has twice won the Golden Boot for Europe’s top goalscorer and finished as runner-up for the 2021 Ballon d’Or.
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