Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, Barcelona striker, expressed his happiness to join the ranks of the Catalan team.
Lewandowski, 34, joined Barcelona this summer, from Bayern Munich, for 45 million euros.
“Since the first days in Barcelona, I felt that I was in the right place and at the right time,” Leva said, in statements highlighted by the Catalan newspaper “Sport”.
He added: “I am proud to be in Barcelona, and I did not expect the fans to sing my name in the Camp so quickly, all this makes me feel like I have been in Barcelona for a long time.”
“I speak Spanish better and can now order food myself, learn about the culture and the city and adapt to life in Barcelona on a daily basis.”
Lewandowski praised the young Barcelona players, and said: “Pedre, Gavi, Fati, and Ferran are keen to talk and ask constantly… I share my knowledge and experience with them because I see how quickly they are developing with the team.”
He explained: “We made some mistakes, so we conceded the first goal, and after that goal, we wanted to draw, but we ended up receiving the second goal.”
Regarding the reception of the Bayern fans, he said: “I was not afraid of boos, because I was in Munich after moving to Barcelona and met some people on the street and heard what they said about me and saw how they treated me.”
He continued: “The Bayern fan is very smart, can understand and distinguish between truth and rumours, they know and remember what the person I was, how I acted, what I did and what I said.”
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He noted: “It was more than just a sports match, it was impossible to control the emotions, I wanted to win and score and it didn’t happen, but when talking about emotions it was impossible to silence them because the time since my departure from Bayern is short.”
Regarding his preparation for the last World Cup, he said: “I did not think that the World Cup in Qatar would be my last with the national team. I just think that it is a special event waiting for us there, and it is different from everything that preceded it in history.”
