MUNICH, Germany —
Bayern Munich CEO Oliver Kahn has dismissed as “nonsense” reports that
their top-scoring striker Robert Lewandowski could leave when the season
finishes next month.
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Lewandowski chalked
up his 47th goal this season in Tuesday’s 1–1 draw at home to Villarreal which
saw Bayern knocked out of the
Champions League with a 2–1 aggregate defeat in
the quarter finals.
However,
Lewandowski, who turns 34 in August, is out of contract next year.
Bayern are taking
their time offering him an extension, fueling reports he may leave with
Barcelona touted as one possible destination, which irks Kahn.
“Apparently
there’s a competition out there: who can tell the biggest nonsense story about
Robert Lewandowski?” Kahn fumed after Tuesday’s Champions League exit.
Kahn insists the
runaway Bundesliga leaders are “not crazy and are now discussing the transfer
of a player who scores between 30 and 40 goals with us every season”.
Kahn insists
Lewandowski won’t leave at the end of the current campaign. “We will definitely
have Robert with us for another season.”
Yet while Kahn
tried to insist Bayern are “relaxed” about extending the striker’s deal, the
club’s lack of action keeps the topic ticking over in the German media.
Lewandowski
reacted with surprise last month — “I am hearing this for the first time” —
when told sports director
Hasan Salihamidzic said Bayern want to extend.
Bayern’s
topscorer reportedly earns up to 23 million euros ($25 million) per year in
Munich.
“He knows what he has in
Bayern — and we also know what we have in him,” added Kahn, who said extension
talks are “ongoing.”
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