Softfootball understands that Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski has confirmed that during the closing weeks of the 202223 La Liga season, the club asked him to stop scoring goals, not because of tactics or form, but because of money.
As reported by Fabrizio Romano via his official X account , Lewandowski made the admission while speaking to Polish journalist Bogdan Rymanowski, opening a small window into the financial stress Barcelona was dealing with at the time.
The striker joined Barcelona from Bayern Munich in the summer of 2022 for 45 million, with another 5 million attached in bonuses. One of those clauses stated that if Lewandowski reached 25 league goals, Barcelona would owe Bayern an extra 2.5 million. He was just two goals short of that number.
