FC Barcelona reveals its truths about Erling Haaland and Viktor Gyökeres

First in the Liga standings and well positioned in the Champions League, FC Barcelona has had an excellent start to the season. And the Blaugrana owe it in part to Robert Lewandowski. At 36, the Pole has come out of his torpor since the arrival of Hansi Flick. Provisional top scorer in La Liga, the former Bayern Munich player has 19 goals and 2 assists in 17 matches in all competitions.

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Barça is therefore benefiting from the second youth of its striker, but it will soon have to think about his succession. Lewandowski is no longer young and his contract ends in 2026. However, Deco took advantage of an interview given to Sports World to ensure that the Pole's succession was not yet on the agenda in Catalonia. “It's not a priority because we have to focus on this season. Of course we have to work for the future, but if we work more on the future we forget about the present. We need to think about what we need to do now and not what we need to do in the future, because what happens this season can determine the future.”he declared, before continuing.

Barca focus on Lewandowski

“I think it's very difficult to find a striker like Robert these days. There are one or two of this level. Maybe Haaland or someone else. There aren't many at this level. But we're not going to focus on finding a striker right now, because we're going to focus first on what Robert can do. » However, his response was not enough to calm the ardor of the pro Barça media. In short, MD wanted to know if Barça one day aspired to really position itself on an Erling Haaland, whose desires elsewhere and especially in Spain are often mentioned on the other side of the Channel. But faced with this relaunch, Deco was very cautious.

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“We first need to know if Haaland is what we want for the future. We don't know yet. Right now we don't want a number nine. We have Robert. We don't plan anything with a new one. When the time comes to make a decision, and I have to because I'm the one running the club, we will look at the different options. But I don't think this is the time to talk about a player.”he said, before mentioning the other most highly rated striker in Europe, the Swede from Sporting Portugal, Viktor Gyökeres. “He is a good player, he has been scoring goals for a long time in Portugal, we know him as well as others, but he is not our priority at the moment and we are not looking for a new player to replace Robert”. The message got through.