Tag: Robert Lewandowski

3 younger, better strikers Barcelona can sign to replace Robert Lewandowski
13May By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, LaLiga

3 younger, better strikers Barcelona can sign to replace Robert Lewandowski

Barcelona could be on the hook to pay Robert Lewandowski, who will be 36 when the 2024/25 LaLiga season begins, 30 million euros in each of the next couple of seasons due to a clause that means his contract after 2024/25 will automatically renew. Xavi and other Barcelona decision-makers are growing to regret the 50 million euro signing from Bayern Munich, even as anyone can attest to his importance to the club's title-winning 2022/23 campaign and his continued quality this season with 17 goals and 8 assists. The thing is, Lewandowski has been prone to slumps since arriving in Barcelona and is clearly not the same player he was when he was breaking records at Bayern Munich - records Harry Kane will probably surpass. There are younger strikers in European football who are actually o...
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Robert Lewandowski’s mind-boggling wages could make things awkward for Barcelona
7May By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, LaLiga

Robert Lewandowski’s mind-boggling wages could make things awkward for Barcelona

Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski played a crucial role in the Blaugrana winning the LaLiga title last season, and despite criticisms due to another mid-season slump, the former Bayern Munich star has remained a key player for Barca in 2023/24. The Blaugrana have officially lost the league title to Real Madrid and suffered yet another Champions League humiliation, leaving many Culers speculating about the futures of the majority of the squad. Only elite young talents like Lamine Yamal, Pedri, and Gavi appear to be untouchable, meaning stars like Robert Lewandowski and Frenkie de Jong could be ripe for the picking on the transfer market. Although Lewandowski is less of an easy target for criticism than de Jong because of the concessions he has made to stay with the club, the rea...
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Ranking the 5 best Barcelona players right now in 2024
5May By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Features, LaLiga

Ranking the 5 best Barcelona players right now in 2024

Although the 2023/24 LaLiga and Champions League seasons have not been banner campaigns for Barcelona, the Blaugrana still have plenty to look forward to in the future - even those Culers disappointed with the decision to bring back Xavi as manager. Barcelona have arguably the finest collection of young talents in world football, with several prospects breaking out this season as teenagers to name themselves among Europe's best at their positions. Which prospects are already among the best Barcelona players right now? And which veterans are still among the Blaugrana's best in 2024. Here are the top five Barcelona players currently as the 2023/24 season comes to a close. 5. Robert Lewandowski, ST Although Robert Lewandowski has been criticized heavily at times by Barcelona fans f...
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Ranking the 10 best strikers in 2023/24: Inter Milan duo join Barça’s Lewandowski, Bayern’s Kane
25Oct By Kevin ParviziNo Comments
Champions League, Features

Ranking the 10 best strikers in 2023/24: Inter Milan duo join Barça’s Lewandowski, Bayern’s Kane

Nobody generates more headlines than the players who score the goals. Most clubs with aspirations of winning trophies require a man up top who can consistently find the back of the net, with very few exceptions existing in the history of world football. But who are the best strikers on the planet right now? Let's rank the top 10, based on a combination of pedigree and performance in the 2023/24 season, more heavily weighing recent performances. Because sport is a "what have you done for me lately?" business. Note that only out-and-out strikers were included, so players like Antoine Griezmann and Kylian Mbappé who share time between positions or players like Vinícius Júnior who are wingers playing as left-sided forwards did not count. 10. Marcus Thuram, Inter Milan Marcus Thuram ...
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Ranking the 10 best Bayern Munich players of all time
28Aug By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Bundesliga, Features

Ranking the 10 best Bayern Munich players of all time

Bayern Munich hold a hallowed level of respect in the lore of world football. They are one of the clubs players from around the world aspire to play for one day, and while the lack of success of other Bundesliga clubs has caused Die Roten to fall behind the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona in terms of popularity, their credibility and respect remain as high as ever. Winning in a dominant fashion is synonymous with this historic club, and so many wonderful footballers have created this winning tradition in Bavaria over the decades. Bayern always boast the best players in Germany and are Champions League contenders every single season. So let's honor Germany's richest and most powerful club by taking a look at the 10 best players to ever grace the pitch with a Bayern Munich kit...
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Ranking the 10 best forwards in men’s football right now in 2023
29Jun By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Features

Ranking the 10 best forwards in men’s football right now in 2023

No players are more coveted in world football than the forwards who score the goals, take the defense on, and create the chances that win matches. Every elite club needs an elite forward - and really two - in order to compete at the highest level and truly be an elite team at the Champions League level. So let's take a look at the 10 best forwards in the game, focusing on strikers and wingers whose primary job is to score the goals and create the assists that win their teams' matches. Many of these players are strikers and inverted wingers, because those are the positions that make the biggest difference on the score line in the modern game. 10. Christopher Nkunku Christopher Nkunku will head to Chelsea for the 2023/24 season after being the best Bundesliga player over the last three ...
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Final 2022/23 LaLiga Team of the Season
4Jun By Joe SorianoNo Comments
Features, LaLiga

Final 2022/23 LaLiga Team of the Season

Now that the 2022/23 LaLiga season has officially come to a close with all the European places decided and the teams heading to the Segunda aware of their fate, it's time to take a look back at the season that was by naming a final Team of the Season. As expected, champions Barcelona dominate this XI, having sewn up the title quite some time ago with their 2-1 head-to-head win over eternal rivals Real Madrid. But not everything is about the "Big 3" as several underrated standouts made the team, including one star from now-relegated side Espanyol. GK Marc-André ter Stegen, Barcelona: Thibaut Courtois would have been the pick in any other season, and Elche's Édgar Badía was also exceptional despite his club's horrible season. But it would be disingenuous to pick against Marc-André t...
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