Lewandowski tells Xavi: "I'm looking forward to training with you"

The fact that Lewandowski wants to leave Bayern to play for Barcelona is no secret. The striker has been very open about this, but, this week, he met with his potential future manager and also told him himself. 'AS' published a key phrase from their brief chat.

"I am already looking forward to training with you", he stated. It would not be surprising considering how honest the striker has been since the beginning of this saga, where he is coming up against a Bayern Munich board who will not make it easy for him to leave for Spain.

The economic aspect of the deal is key. Joan Laporta, Barca's president, has to finish winning a certain budgetary margin to facilitate Lewandowski's arrival at the Camp Nou. With Kessié and Christensen already confirmed, it seems that the president has managed to improve the situation a fair bit, as he is even considering not selling 25% of BLM at most, rather than 49.9%.

The fact that Lewandowski and Xavi had a casual chat could help the manager to get a clearer idea of how determined the player is to join him. It would not be the first time that his intervention would help to close an deal and, in this case, it could be for Barcelona's new deadly striker.