{"id":241628,"date":"2025-10-26T08:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T08:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/241628\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T08:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T08:32:09","slug":"manchester-united-avoid-cristiano-ronaldo-situation-with-robert-lewandowski-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/241628\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United avoid Cristiano Ronaldo situation with Robert Lewandowski decision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Manchester United are a team transformed, with a 4-2 win over Brighton on Saturday making it three consecutive wins for Ruben Amorim\u2019s men.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils endured a tough campaign last season, but after a shaky start in 2025-26 now look to be much-improved and moving up the <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/english-premier-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a> table.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/how-manchester-united-insiders-feel-about-signing-benjamin-sesko-as-main-driver-behind-deal-revealed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United signed Benjamin Sesko<\/a> in the summer to be the focal point of the team\u2019s attack, while fellow new additions Bryan Mbuemo and Matheus Cunha both scored against Brighton.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btbf-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@BeyondTheBackFour?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"object-fit:unset\" src=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/podcast\/btbf-title.svg\" alt=\"\"\/>   Click to subscribe to the podcast <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"object-fit:unset;height:30px;width:fit-content\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/podcast\/youtube.svg\" alt=\"\"\/>   <\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, despite the attacking reinforcements from the last window, the Old Trafford outfit continue to be linked with new forwards in the transfer market.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"599\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2242129824-1024x599.jpg\" alt=\"Liverpool v Manchester United - Premier League\" class=\"wp-image-996916\" \/>Photo by Carl Recine\/Getty ImagesLewandowski deal pulled by Ratcliffe<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/manchester-united-transfers-ratcliffe-amorim-36132925\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Mirror<\/a> state <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/manchester-united\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United<\/a> have been keeping an eye on <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/robert-lewandowski\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Lewandowski\u2019s<\/a> contract situation at Barcelona, but co-owner Jim Ratcliffe has vetoed a deal to bring the veteran to Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>The Polish hitman is set to become a free agent at the end of the season, with speculation he will leave the Spanish champions for a new challenge elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>The report suggests Amorim was keen to bring Lewandowski to United to add experience and goals to his squad, but has been overruled in the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Right call, Lewandowski is too old<\/p>\n<p>While Lewandowski must be looked at as one of the best strikers of a generation, the former Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich forward will be 38 next August.<\/p>\n<p>United have already had their issues with bringing ageing attackers to Old Trafford in the twilight of their careers, with <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/cristiano-ronaldo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s<\/a> second stint in Manchester ending in acrimonious circumstances.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2235434979-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring for Barcelona against Valencia in La Liga\" class=\"wp-image-988174\" \/>Photo by David Ramos\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>There is certainly an argument to make that the Red Devils should be focused on bringing tried-and-tested players to the club, rather than young prospects, to help the team in the short-term.<\/p>\n<p>However, given Lewandowski\u2019s age, exorbitant wages and profile, United would be best advised to look at other targets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United are a team transformed, with a 4-2 win over Brighton on Saturday making it three consecutive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,36456,9004,596,1525,12013,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-241628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cristiano-ronaldo","11":"tag-english-premier-league","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-manchester-united","14":"tag-robert-lewandowski","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}