In the first 5 rounds of La Liga, Barcelona won all the starts, and Lewandowski scored 4 goals and was in good shape. The September 22 issue of Daily Sports pointed out that Barcelona has a "gun search plan" - although Lewandowski can still score, he is a 36-year-old veteran after all. Looking for a replacement for Lewandowski, this is an important job for Barcelona.
Lewandowski's contract stipulates that if the attendance rate falls below 55% in the third year (i.e. 2024-25 season), Barcelona can terminate his contract without paying liquidated damages. If the 55% attendance requirement is met, Lewandowski's contract will be extended until the summer of 2026. In either case, Barcelona will have to look for a new No.9.
In the search for the new No. 9, Barcelona has an eyebrow. Daily Sport has revealed that Barça's sporting department is very appreciative of the three strikers – some of the goals can only be dreams and not realities for financial reasons.
Haaland is Barca's coveted centre-forward. The 24-year-old Devil, whose contract with Manchester City expires in 2027, earns more than £20 million a year, making him one of the highest-paid players in European football. Barcelona wants to poach Haaland, but it is too difficult, and Barcelona can't afford to pay the liquidated damages of 175 million euros.
Jocresse, of Sporting Portugal, is also one of Barca's targets. In the Portuguese Super League and Champions League this season, Jokres scored 9 goals in 6 games, and the efficiency was very high. So far last season, Jokres has scored 52 goals in 57 appearances, second only to Kane (53 in 50 games) and above Mbappe (49) and Haaland (47).
According to Daily Sport, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain are all interested in the 26-year-old Jokreis. If you want to bring in Jokres, you have to pay about 100 million euros. With such a high price, Barcelona may find it difficult to bear.
The last one was Sesko, a 21-year-old Slovenia centre-forward who played for Leipzig.
Sesko's contract with Leipzig expires in 2029 after he turned down offers from the likes of Arsenal to stay in the Bundesliga to improve himself. Sesko is 1.95m tall and is a typical high school striker, scoring 14 goals in 31 Bundesliga games in 2023-24 and 16 goals in 30 Bundesliga games in 2022-23. Compared with Haaland and Jokresse, who are often hundreds of millions of euros, Sesko's liquidated damages of 65 million can be afforded by Barcelona.