Robert Lewandowski is officially and for 4 years a player of FC Barcelona and that does not please the coach of his former club, Bayern Munich. Bavarian club coach Julian Nagelsmann was moved by the Catalan club’s spending during the transfer market when a few months ago Barca were financially on the brink with an abysmal debt: “Barcelona are the only club in the world that has no money but buys all the players it wants. I don’t know how they do it, Nagelsmann wondered at a press conference. It’s a little weird, a little crazy. »
In a few days, FC Barcelona thus recruited the Polish international against a check for €45 million from Bayern. Barça have also signed Brazilian winger Raphinha, for an estimated transfer fee of 60 million euros. Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessié signed up free of any contract and Ousmane Dembélé extended.
Very indebted last season, the Blaugrana club returned to the front of the stage during this summer transfer window. Joan Laporta the president and his teams have activated several levers to obtain money, including a loan of €595m from Goldman Sachs or a sponsorship agreement with Spotify for around €435m. Barca also sold percentages of their TV rights to two companies, in exchange for cash.