Overview
- Author Sebastian Staszewski writes that Joan Laporta and other Barça executives asked Lewandowski before the final two LaLiga games of 2022/23 to remain goalless to prevent a €2.5 million payment to Bayern at 25 league goals.
- Lewandowski finished with 23 LaLiga goals and did not score in the last two matches despite playing the full 90 minutes in both fixtures.
- BILD reports there was a bonus clause but says there is no evidence of an explicit instruction to stop scoring, casting doubt on the alleged meeting’s substance.
- Neither FC Barcelona nor Lewandowski has publicly commented on the allegation since the biography was reported this week.
- Payment accounts conflict: Bayern CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen told members the fee was paid, while reporting from Barcelona’s October assembly cited €10,688,000 listed as owed to Bayern.