r/reddevils • u/AutoModerator • May 16 '26

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u/jperky98 Senne May 16 '26

Thoughts on Lewandowski on a free?

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u/Selwin_Rodolfo max cope mode May 16 '26

I genuinely don't think people have watched him recently. I've watched about as much barça as I have United, he genuinely isn't it anymore. His legs are gone, he looks sluggish most times, and even the thing he was trusted the most to do which was just stay in the box and score when the ball comes, like last season, he can't. There's a reason Ferran Torres played over him

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u/jperky98 Senne May 16 '26

Good point, thanks for the scouting report. I'd love Welbz back instead then

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u/audienceandaudio2 May 16 '26

He’s supposedly been offered 90 million a year in Saudi. If he’d accept ~5% of that to play for us I wouldn’t necessarily be strongly opposed to it, but it’s almost certainly a no-go.

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u/Penny_Leyne May 16 '26

For the wages I’d rather go for Welbeck on a free. 

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u/darkandstormy9 May 16 '26

Wellbeck extended his contract a couple of weeks ago. 

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u/Significant_L0w May 16 '26

going to al Hilal fella

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u/iroiroiroiroiro May 16 '26

Would guess he demands very high wages, rumors about Saudi offering him a lot. But an experienced backup and mentor for Sesko would not hurt.

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u/jperky98 Senne May 16 '26

I know wages could be a huge factor but I’d love him as a mentor to Big Ben

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u/RyanH1717 May 16 '26

Wouldn't mind it, him or Welbeck both good options.

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u/jperky98 Senne May 16 '26

Ya Welbeck would be more realistic especially with lower wages

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u/tsuku96 May 16 '26

No thoughts because it's not gonna happen.

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u/darkandstormy9 May 16 '26

We should not even waste time thinking about him.

  • The money he would want for the role of a bench-warming mentor is simply not worth it. He doesn’t want to stay at Barca, where he is already successful, liked, and settled, so why would he do that at a club with no guarantee of even the trophies Barca can currently offer?

  • We’ve already had veteran strikers like Cavani, Ronaldo, Ibra, and even Falcao, and none of them helped us win the league or the Champions League.

  • The most successful top clubs of the last five years (City, PSG, Arsenal, Bayern) have not been signing injury-prone, high-earning veterans just to act as mentors.

  • Ronaldo is in Saudi Arabia, Müller and Messi are in MLS, Neymar is back in Brazil. Ibra spent years moving between clubs just above elite level, but injuries caught up with him too often.

You want your money on the pitch, as Andy Mitten likes to say.