{"id":238922,"date":"2026-04-17T10:29:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/lewandowski-on-his-future-and-why-mls-must-wait\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T10:29:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:29:52","slug":"lewandowski-on-his-future-and-why-mls-must-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/lewandowski-on-his-future-and-why-mls-must-wait\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewandowski on his future &#8211; and why MLS must wait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"capital-letter\">R<\/span>obert Lewandowski, who is out of contract with Barcelona and has been linked with a move to MLS or AC Milan in Italy, spoke about his future at the Catalan club on Esport3&#8217;s <strong>&#8216;FanZone&#8217;<\/strong> programme.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old Polish striker told <strong>Gerard Romero<\/strong> that he is going through &#8220;a tough week&#8221; after being eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Champions League at the hands of Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote\">\n<p>&#8220;Has it been a tough week? Yes, of course<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote-author\">Robert Lewandowski<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Has it been a tough week? Yes, of course. We wanted to be in the semi-finals of the Champions League, but now we have a few games left and we want to win LaLiga,&#8221; said the Pole to 3Cat.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote\">\n<p>Sometimes we lose, and football is not always fair. In football there are beautiful things, but there is also pain<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote-author\">Robert Lewandowski<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When asked about a supposed lack of maturity in the young Barcelona squad, the veteran striker stressed that &#8220;we have a very big potential and players who always want to play&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes we lose, and football is not always fair. In football there are beautiful things, but there is also pain,&#8221; he said<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote\">\n<p>We have time, the club knows everything I think. I need some time to think; it&#8217;s clear on both sides<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote-author\">Robert Lewandowski<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">Fabrizio Romano reports that Barca have offered Lewandowski &#8220;a one-year contract with a pay cut&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Robert Lewandowski was asked directly about the information from Italian journalist <strong>Fabrizio Romano<\/strong> that Barcelona have presented his agent Pini Zahavi &#8220;a new one-year renewal offer with a significant pay cut&#8221; and that &#8220;right now Lewandowski is not happy with the first proposal received&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">Lewandowski: &#8220;Do I have a renewal offer yet? I don&#8217;t want to talk about my future&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;How are you and what future awaits us with Robert and Barcelona? Today Fabricio Romano has come out saying that &#8216;Robert has a renewal offer from Barcelona, but Italy is pressing&#8217;. What is going to happen to Robert next year?&#8221; Gerard Romero asked the Pole.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote\">\n<p>Every day something new comes out, but for us it is not important. The most important thing is what we want to do this season together<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote-author\">Robert Lewandowski<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Robert Lewandowski replied that<strong> &#8220;we have time, the club knows everything I think. I need some time to think; it&#8217;s clear on both sides&#8221;<\/strong>, and stressed that &#8220;every day something new comes out in the press, but for us it is not important. The most important thing is what we want to do this season together&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I have a renewal offer already? I don&#8217;t want to talk about my future. La Liga is the important thing. Then we can talk,&#8221; he insisted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/football\/mls\/2026\/04\/17\/69e2093246163f920e8b45a0.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Lewandowski, who is out of contract with Barcelona and has been linked with a move to MLS or AC Milan in Italy, spoke about his future at the Catalan club on Esport3&#8217;s &#8216;FanZone&#8217; programme. 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