Lewandowski did it at Manchester United

Robert Lewandowski is leaving this season, his third as a player of FC Barcelona. The 36-year-old Polish international added 17 goals in 19 gameswhich shows that markedness was the virtue that did not fail him throughout his brilliant career. For this reason, Barça’s number 9 has defended shirts as important as shirts Borussia Dortmundthat of Bayern Munich and that of Barçabut as revealed in the podacst of Rio Ferdinandlegendary former central defender Manchester Unitedhe almost did it at the Old Trafford club.

In statements reported by the Manchester Evening News, the double European Golden Boot winner gave all the details of how close he is to ManU. It was the 2011-12 season, he started scoring ‘go-go’ goals in Dortmund, and then he received the phone call from Sir Alex Fergusonstill manager of the ‘red devils’ at that time. “I remember that conversation with Sir Alex Ferguson, it was in 2012 and I decided to join Manchester United,” he confirmed. Lewandowski.

“I remember that conversation, in the preseason and we were playing some games in Borussia. I knew he was going to call me. And at half-time, they changed me because I knew I would play 45 minutes. I got the call and, at the moment that is, “My English level is different from now on. And, most of all, I will talk to this kind of person who calls me, Sir Alex Ferguson, with that Scottish accent.”

Lewandowski admitted on the podcast Rio Ferdinand how “nervous” he is that the person on the other end of the phone is. “‘Oh, too much!'” he said. “Of course, I knew what to tell him, you know? Yes, I want to join Manchester United, yes,” he admitted.

The story had a second phase, which was the conversation Lewandowski with Borussia. “I remember talking to the president of Dortmund. He told me that they need me. That they will not sell me to Manchester United because it is very important for them and this is not the time.” The “moment” came in 2014, when he signed for Bayern Munich, where he made history until 2022, the date when Barça signed him, already 33 years old, for a fixed fee of 45 million euros, including 5 in variables.

Lewandowski’s scoring numbers have always been very high. In his last two campaigns at Dortmund he scored 64 goals in 97 games, then he scored 344 goals in 375 games with Bayern and at Barça he had 78 goals in 112 games, including 19 in 17 accumulations he again this season under the command of Hansi Flick, where he performed at a high level at Bayern. His competition, as written in its conditions, almost guarantees his contract extension until 2026.