Barcelona superstar’s agent puts an end to exit rumours: “He’s staying, of course”

With Robert Lewandowski’s form dwindling at Barcelona of late, it has led to speculations about his future at the club.

Reports earlier this month have suggested that the Catalan giants plan on offloading the 35-year-old superstar striker in the summer and install Vitor Roque as their main striker from next season.

Meanwhile, it has also been suggested that the proceeds generated from any potential sale of the Poland captain would be used to fund a move for Newcastle United’s Bruno Guimaraes.

Lewandowski going nowhere, confirms agent

On Tuesday night, Barcelona president Joan Laporta had a meeting with Pini Zahavi, the agent of Lewandowski.

Following the meeting, in a brief interaction with the media, Zahavi provided an update on the 35-year-old veteran’s future amidst all the transfer speculations doing the rounds.

As quoted by Fabrizio Romano, Zahavi said: “Lewa’s future? He’s staying at Barcelona, of course.”

It should put to bed all the speculations regarding the former Bayern Munich centre-forward’s future.

Barcelona not contemplating sale

Despite the speculations, Barcelona are not contemplating selling Lewandowski either, and fully expect him to remain at the club for next season.

Even though Vitor Roque will be arriving soon, the Blaugrana do not want to burden him with expectations and pressure so early into his stint.

And, considering Lewandowski’s quality, it would be imprudent to count him out just because he is going through a bad patch.

As such, there is little to no chance of the Poland captain leaving the La Liga champions next summer despite the speculations that are doing the rounds.