Lewandowski: "I'm at Barcelona, ​​the best place to win"

Lewandowski trained a few minutes before the match against Inter Miami. Giorgio Viera (EFE)

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My name is Robert, I am from Poland and I live in Barcelona”.

Thus began, always with a smile from ear to ear, Robert Lewandowski (Warsaw, 33 years old) the presentation of him in society as a Barça player.

Next to him was President Joan Laporta, wearing a shirt and jacket, who was sweating profusely due to the heat at the Conrad Hotel in Fort Lauderdale Beach in Miami, the place chosen to welcome the striker.

“We are putting Barça back in the world.

Now it is Robert and we will build a more competitive team to the best of our ability", Laporta said proudly, while congratulating the sports area and its entire board for making the signing possible.

aware that it has been the economic levers - the club sold 10% of the television rights for 25 years to the Sixth Street investment fund - that have validated the operation.

"In football you need to want to win and I'm in the best place to do it," agreed the striker.

Lewandowski has cost 45 million fixed plus five in variables.

“But he has made extraordinary efforts to come to Barcelona.

He has wanted to come and play with us”, resolved the president;

"We really want to see you and we know you are a tireless worker."

The striker picked up the witness, a scorer by definition.

“As a striker I hope to be able to score a lot and contribute what is necessary for the team to win games.

That is my challenge."

He already knows that Barça has plenty of goals, because as strikers he also has Dembélé, Ansu Fati, Ferran Torres, Aubameyang and Raphinha on his payroll.

“Before Inter Miami I saw the potential of the team.

I am ready to join and we have a good projection to win titles”, resolved Lewandowski.

The player is eager, who has only been able to do two activation sessions because that is how the medical department advised him to adapt the body to the trip.

"I'm ready to get into the dynamics of the team and I hope to be able to play the next game", confirmed the striker.

"Welcome to Barcelona and thanks for being with us," Laporta said in Polish.

The Lewandowski era begins, a player who excites the fans, to the point that in the club store at the Camp Nou they ran out of the W to be able to stamp his last name.

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