{"id":52123,"date":"2026-05-16T18:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T12:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=52123"},"modified":"2026-05-16T18:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T12:57:18","slug":"he-said-goodbye-to-everyone-hansi-flick-reacts-to-robert-lewandowski-leaving-fc-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/he-said-goodbye-to-everyone-hansi-flick-reacts-to-robert-lewandowski-leaving-fc-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHe said goodbye to everyone\u2026..\u201d \u2014 Hansi Flick reacts to Robert Lewandowski leaving FC Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hansi Flick has delivered an emotional tribute to <b>Robert Lewandowski<\/b> as the legendary Polish striker prepares to leave FC Barcelona at the end of the 2025\/26 season.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In his latest comments, the Barcelona manager confirmed that Lewandowski has already said his goodbyes inside the dressing room. <strong>\u201cHe said goodbye to everyone and said that the time he spent here in Barcelona was wonderful for him,\u201d<\/strong> Flick revealed.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Flick, who previously worked with Lewandowski at Bayern Munich and later at Barcelona, spoke warmly about their successful partnership: \u201cI worked with Robert for four years, and we won 9 titles together. All the titles I achieved were with him. For me, it\u2019s a great honor to have worked with him, because he\u2019s an incredibly professional player. I\u2019ve never seen anything like him before.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old striker\u2019s contract expires this summer. After four productive years at the club \u2014 during which he scored prolifically and helped win multiple La Liga titles \u2014 Lewandowski has decided it is time for a new chapter. Reports suggest interest from Saudi Pro League clubs, with Al Hilal among the frontrunners.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Flick praised Lewandowski\u2019s dedication, noting how the veteran gives everything for his body every single day. The German coach highlighted the mutual respect between them, calling their collaboration a privilege.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Barcelona fans are expected to give Lewandowski a special farewell when the team hosts Real Betis in their final home match of the season. As the club looks to rebuild its attack with younger forwards, Lewandowski leaves behind a legacy as one of the most clinical strikers in modern football<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hansi Flick has delivered an emotional tribute to Robert Lewandowski as the legendary Polish striker prepares to leave FC Barcelona\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":502,"featured_media":52124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[564,2534,4057],"class_list":["post-52123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-hansi-flick","tag-robert-lewandowski","tag-top-stories"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52125,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52123\/revisions\/52125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}