“This decision will be made shortly. I think April will be the time when his future will be clarified and formalized. In my opinion, there will be a one-year contract extension,” he said.

“Firstly, because Robert wants it, and we assume that the other side, Joan Laporta, Deco, also wants it. [The Lewandowskis] feel great in Spain. There are important personal, private things, and money probably doesn’t play a major role here. Lewandowski is definitely closer to staying at Barcelona today.

”There’s one more important thing that fans probably forget or don’t prioritize. (…) There’s life, the big thought of family, of children starting school in Barcelona. Now, would he leave for a year with his entire family, change his surroundings, for, I don’t know, two, three, five million euros? Saudi Arabia is a very, very cold topic these days. Moving overseas would involve incredible logistics.”