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- Bayern insist Lewandowski must fulfil his contract which runs out in June 2023
- "A contract is a contract," Bayern president Herbert Hainer said recently
BERLIN: Bayern Munich have doubled down by again telling Robert Lewandowski that he cannot leave before his contract expires next year.
The 33-year-old Poland star has been linked with a transfer to Barcelona, but Bayern insist Lewandowski must fulfil his contract which runs out in June 2023.
Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic told German daily Bild that during a phone call with Lewandowski on Tuesday he 鈥渃learly explained our position on his contract situation to him.鈥�
Media reports suggest Barcelona want to pay 32 million euros ($34 million) for the two-time FIFA best male player of the year.
鈥淎 contract is a contract,鈥� Bayern president Herbert Hainer said recently.
鈥淲here are we going if a player can end a contract early?鈥�
However, the striker upped the ante again earlier this week by saying 鈥淚鈥檓 leaving because I want more emotion in my life鈥� on a Polish podcast.
Without naming them, Lewandowski claimed senior club bosses 鈥渄id not want to listen to me to the end. Something in me went out. It鈥檚 impossible to ignore.鈥�
After eight years in Munich, Lewandowski has won every possible title with Bayern including lifting the Champions League trophy in 2020.
He has been top-scorer in the Bundesliga for each of the last three seasons, but Lewandowski believes Bayern should let him go now and receive a fee rather than him leave next year on a free transfer.
鈥淚t鈥檚 about finding the best solution. FC Bayern and I are not enemies,鈥� he added.