Outrageous! In order to save money, the embarrassed giants prohibit their forwards from scoring goals

In 2022, Barcelona spent 45 million euros to sign the 34-year-old Lewandowski from Bayern. Over the past three years, Lewandowski has proven with actual performance that he is still young, and Barcelona's decision to introduce him is completely correct. So far, Lewandowski has played 158 times for Barcelona in all competitions, contributing 109 goals and 20 assists.

Lewandowski’s contract with Barcelona will expire at the end of the season. Barcelona has no plans to renew his contract and he is expected to leave the team next summer.

As the two parties were about to part ways, in Lewandowski's personal biography "Lewandowski. The Real Him", the author Cestaszewski revealed something extremely outrageous and shocking.

In the 22/23 season, under the leadership of Xavi, Barcelona secured the La Liga championship four rounds in advance. Lewandowski performed well that season and won the La Liga Golden Boot with 23 goals.

But with two rounds left in the season, several senior Barcelona personnel, including Laporta, had a conversation with Lewandowski. They made an incredible request to Lewandowski - "Lewandowski must stop scoring goals in the last two rounds of the league."

Here comes the question: Why would Barcelona make such an incredible request?

It is reported that if Lewandowski reaches 25 goals in the league, Barcelona will need to pay Bayern an additional fee of 2.5 million euros according to the transfer agreement. Considering that the league title has been locked up and the club's financial situation is very tight, Barcelona hopes to reduce some of the financial burden in this way.

In the end, Lewandowski played the entire game in the last two rounds of the season, but did not score. Fortunately, his advantage in the scorer list was large enough, and he still won the La Liga Golden Boot with 23 goals.

In addition, the book also mentioned a small incident, which further exposed Barcelona's embarrassment at the time.

During a team meal, Lewandowski noticed that the types of meat and fish available on the hotel menu were extremely limited, which was unacceptable for a top player who pays attention to his diet. When Lewandowski asked the chef why, he said bluntly: "We need to save money."

In recent years, Barcelona has been in financial distress and has not yet returned to La Liga's 1:1 financial rules, which makes the club tied up in signings. Even so, Xiao Ou believes that Barcelona's approach of "making Lewandowski stop scoring goals" is extremely unreasonable.

As one of the top clubs in the world, Barcelona represents a high level both in terms of competitiveness and spirituality. Football is not only for championships, but also for showing fairness and justice. Asking the leading striker to stop scoring goals breaks the moral bottom line and damages the club's image. It is a very unprofessional approach.

In addition, as a forward, scoring goals is his responsibility and a way to prove his worth. Such a request from the club's senior management will definitely make him feel confused and uneasy, and even affect his trust in the club. Although Lewandowski has not publicly expressed negative reactions, this behavior may subtly affect the team's atmosphere and morale.

Bayern will definitely be very dissatisfied and disappointed with Barcelona's senior management after learning this news. As both are top giants, player movements between the two families will naturally occur from time to time. But this incident may have a negative impact on future cooperation, and Bayern must be more careful when negotiating deals with Barcelona.

Finally, how do you evaluate Barcelona’s behavior?