Xavi’s decision to put Lewandowski on the transfer list had sporting implications, but it was mainly driven by economics: Lewandowski will be the highest-paid player on the team next season with a gross salary of 32 million euros.
The staff seriously considered his sale—his agent, Pini Zahavi, even explored the Arab market without success—and they had already identified a younger, reliable striker as a replacement. All this has been put on hold.
It is expected that Lewy will continue to play a key role with Hansi Flick as the coach.
Source: Victor Malo
Source: Victor Malo
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Before the Rayo match, Xavi noticed some coldness from the players, approached them and asked them what was going on?
Before the Rayo match, Xavi noticed some coldness from the players, approached them and asked them what was going on?
The players were very angry and told Xavi that they saw the list of players for sale that Xavi prepared and presented to the club, and they said that the club was the one who presented it to them 😳😳😳
Someone at the club showed this list to the players, and those around Xavi were sure that this person was Alejandro Echevarria in an attempt to cause a division between the players and Xavi.
Among these angry players was Ronald Araujo. The reason is that he saw his name on the list with a question mark next to it.
Xavi explained to Araujo that he told the club that he wants to keep him, but if an offer arrives worth €90M we must study it if it will allow us to sign players.
All this happened before the Rayo match. There were a lot of angry players and the atmosphere was tense in the locker room.
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