Lewandowski to join Barcelona legends? Pole must get a magic number

But the leader of the Dutch national team is leaving Barcelona. Xavi (42), who did not see a place for himself in the squad after transfers of players of the same class as Lewandowski and Rafinha (26), should have told him in an honest conversation. Depay is not very eager to change his environment, but if he stays, he will rarely get up from the bench. He may be persuaded by Premier League offers, such as a return to Manchester United.

Robert Lewandowski will play with “9”? This number was one of the legends of the Barcelona football club.

Lewandowski will join the pantheon of stars - the best players of Barcelona usually wore numbers 9 or 10. “Nine” was played by such giants as Luis Suarez (35), Samuel Eto’o (41), Patrick Kluivert (46), Ronaldo (46), Romario (56) or Johan Cruyff († 68). This number was also chosen by the founder of the Catalan Duma, Joan Gamper († 52), who was an active footballer in the early years of the club.

However, the legend of the “nine” was not always alive in Barcelona. Over the years, this number was worn by central midfielders - including the former coach of Polonia Warsaw and Lech Poznan, Jose Marie Baquero (59) and even … Miguel Angel Nadal (56). One of Barca’s least respected strikers in recent years, Martin Braithwaite (31), recently played with him. The Dane scored 10 goals for the club (in 57 matches), so he is not a complete failure, a player of his format with “9” symbolized the crisis of the team. A year later, he was asked to give the number to Depay. Now - if the Dutchman stays - he will probably have to give way to the left.

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