Lewandowski can sue from Bayern contract: fuss about "Paragraph 17"

Created: 06/01/2022, 10:14 am

By: Jose Carlos Menzel Lopez

Robert Lewandowski absolutely wants to leave Bayern Munich.

There is even a possibility that he could sue himself out of his contract.

Munich – Four years later, Uli Hoeneß catches up with his sentences again.

In January 2018, the then President of FC Bayern said the following about Ousmane Dembélé, who had gone on strike from Dortmund to Barcelona at the time: "I would not have let Ousmane Dembélé go.

We would ask the player: Can you read how long your contract is?

Have you ever seen a player dancing on FC Bayern's nose (all titles in the overview)?"

Not then, but these days a certain Robert Lewandowski is asking the people of Munich to dance.

And urgently.

FC Bayern: After verbal bloody steps – does Lewandowski take legal action?

After the world footballer's verbal attack on his employer on Monday ("I don't want to play for this club anymore"), it's now Bayern's turn.

The questions that are asked in the power center on Säbener Strasse are quite simple: do Bayern send a signal – following Hoeneß’s rhetoric – remain firm and insist that the player fulfills his contract?

Or do they give in and ultimately agree to a sale?

Robert Lewandowski wants to leave FC Bayern Munich.

Does he move to FC Barcelona?

© Kessler Sports Photography / Imago

If necessary, Lewandowski could also resort to legal means.

In 2005, under pressure from the EU Commission, FIFA included paragraph 17 in its regulations.

This states that contracts can be concluded for a maximum of five years and that these can be terminated unilaterally by players over the age of 28 after three years and by older players after two years.

The player can do this two weeks after the end of the season

.

Likewise, Andy Webster complained in 2006 from his contract with Heart of Midlothian and switched to Wigan Athletic.

Will Lewandowski also pull out such registers?

That depends above all on the reaction of Bayern, on whose nose he is currently performing his little dance.

Lewandowski wants to leave Munich: "His heart is no longer with Bayern"

In any case, the soap opera also seems to be leaving its mark on his (still) teammates in Munich.

"I think it was an incredible success story for FC Bayern and Lewy overall.

To show respect, I would be happy if both sides took out the emotionality and found a good solution for both sides," emphasized Leon Goretzka on Tuesday at the DFB.

The former adviser to Poland, Cezary Kucharski, also spoke up.

“These sentences are violent.

His heart is no longer with Bayern," said the ex-agent at Sport1.

Lewy, "It's certainly not about money anymore.

Back then, when he stayed at Borussia Dortmund for a year, he was still young and he was scared.

Now he is an experienced player and knows what he wants.” And what does FCB want now?