Lewandowski, firm; Say Maria doubt
The situation
In the search by the technical secretariat of Barcelona for reinforcements for the next campaign, there are two types of cases within the common pattern of players who end their contract and who are mostly over thirty.Some are undoubtedly betting on the Barcelona adventure (cases of Azpilicueta or Lewandowski) and others are in the market waiting for the best offer, as would be the case of Ángel Di María. There are no better examples of both situations than those embodied by the Pole and the Argentine. While the Bayern striker is still getting wet like few others to go to Barcelona and day after day challenges the Bavarian giant assuring that his time there is over, the Argentine continues to consider offers knowing that his time at Paris Saint-Germain is definitely over . Lewandowski staged his last rope pull last Monday in remarks to a podcast by Polish broadcaster Onet Sport. “I am leaving because I want new challenges in my life. At Bayern they didn’t want to listen to me until the end. Something inside me turned off. After all, I can’t imagine what happened in the last few months. The list of clubs interested in me is not very long… there is a lot of talk about a specific club; I am not considering other offers”, he said in a statement that is a slap at the Bayern rectors, who are beginning to fear that the Pole will declare himself in absentia.
The details
Di Maria’s case is nothing like that of the Pole . Rosario plays with the Barcelona option, but it seems that he has opted for Juventus as the main option and that the Catalan’s is a way out. Di María, for the time being, maintains the idea of playing one more year in Europe to guarantee reaching the best level for the World Cup in Qatar. However, his wish, according to La Gazzetta, is to finish the 2022-23 season and return to Argentina to close his career at Rosario Central. Di María claims a salary of 7.5 million . Juventus is willing to reach it, but as long as he signs for two years, since that would allow the player to enjoy the tax exemptions that apply in Italy.