Robert Lewandowski believes he is not playing enough at Bayern Munich, according to a source close to the striker, who said the Poland international’s “rhythm was clearly broken” this season.
Reports over the past months have linked Lewandowski with a move away from Bayern, though CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told reporters earlier this week that the 29-year-old will remain next season.
Lewandowski scored 15 goals as he appeared in all 17 games over the first half of the Bundesliga season, but during the winter training camp, he struggled with a patellar tendon injury, the source said, and returned to training late ahead of the restart after the break.
He has since started seven of 16 possible league games and came off the bench five times, but he scored 14 goals in those 12 appearances.
Winter signing Sandro Wagner, who hopes to be in Germany’s World Cup squad, meanwhile, has scored eight goals in 13 Bundesliga appearances, six of them as a starter.
“Robert’s rhythm was clearly broken,” the source said. “He played almost every game over the past few years [and] even played with a shoulder injury at Real last year and he scored. He played with a face mask against Barcelona in 2015. He does not have this rhythm in 2018.”
Lewandowski has come under fire at Bayern in recent weeks for failing to score in the Champions League semifinal defeats against Real Madrid and then denying coach Jupp Heynckes a handshake following his substitution in the 3-1 defeat of Cologne.
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This same thing i was telling a friend few days ago, well atleast Lewandoski has said it him self