Sunday, January 5, 2014

Bayern Munich have announced the capture of Robert Lewandowski

The Poland international will leave BVB
for the reigning German champions
once his contract expires next summer
Bayern Munich have announced the
capture of Robert Lewandowski from
Borussia Dortmund on a free transfer at
the end of the season.
The 25-year-old forward had long been
linked with a move to the Allianz Arena
side and he has now signed a five-year
deal with the Bavarians.
Clubs such as Real Madrid, Manchester
United and Arsenal had also shown an
interest in signing the prolific Poland
international, but he will continue his
career in the Bundesliga instead.
Lewandowski had been close to joining
Bayern last summer, but the move
eventually fell through as Dortmund
vetoed a move to the Allianz Arena,
accepting the fact that they would
ultimately lose him for nothing.
Bavarians chief Karl-Heinz
Rummenigge described the Pole as
among the best forwards on the planet
and insists he will make the club even
better when he joins in the summer.
"We are very pleased that we managed
to complete this transfer," he told
reporters. "Lewandowski is one of the
world's best strikers. He is going to
strengthen our team, he will give us
another boost."
The attacker started his professional
career at Znicz Pruszkow and also wore
the jersey of Lech Poznan before joining
Dortmund in the summer of 2010.
He has since developed into a key
player at BVB, helping the Signal Iduna
side to two Bundesliga titles, a DFB
Pokal and the DFL-Supercup.
Lewandowski follows in the footsteps of
Mario Gotze - who left Dortmund for
Bayern ahead of the 2013-14 campaign
- after the European champions agreed
to meet the playmaker's €37 million
buy-out clause.

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