Barcelona signs Robert Lewandowski's for £42.5M [Exclusive Footage]

The clubs verbally agreed to sell the 33-year-old striker on Saturday, according to Bayern president Herbert Hainer, but the transfer has since been completed.

A release clause of €500 million will be included in Lewandowski's four-year deal, according to a statement from Barcelona. He joined Barcelona for €45 million with a potential €5 million in add-ons while still having a year left on his Bayern Munich deal, the 26-time Spanish champions said.

Prior to their friendly match against Major League Soccer club Inter Miami on Tuesday night, the Polish international linked up with his new teammates on Barça's preseason tour of the United States on Monday.

As the top scorer in Europe, Lewandowski has won the Golden Boot twice and placed second in the race for the 2021 Ballon d'Or. In order to create a team that can contend for LaLiga and the Champions League, Barcelona has added him together with Raphinha, Franck Kessie, Andreas Christensen, Pablo Torre, and Franck Kessie.

He was a primary goal for the organisation this summer and worked to expedite the transfer as he looked for a fresh challenge following eight illustrious years at Bayern.

ESPN claimed last month that Barca had made many proposals for Lewandowski, who had just one year remaining on his contract, with the most recent one valued at over €40 million, but that they had been unsuccessful in persuading Bayern until negotiations had advanced.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Ferran Torres, Ousmane Dembele, Ansu Fati, and fellow summer acquisition Raphinha are already part of the Barca assault. Lewandowski will join them.

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