Joan Laporta on FC Barcelona's marquee signing "Lewandowski is a machine gun to score goals"

Joan Laporta, president of FC Barcelona, speaking about Robert Lewandowski in an interview, opined that Johan Cruyff would too have been very pleased with the signing of the player from Bayern Munich." I think Johan would like this striker," he said, and went on to note that "he is a goalscorer" who is "different to others we have had".

"We have competed with teams like PSG and Chelsea, and the player himself wanted to come to Barça. This is what I like. As Johan said, I want players who want to come to Barça, and we have to thank him because he has come charging less and put up with a lot of pressure from Bayern, who I have great respect for," he went on to add. Laporta was not at all concerned about the age of the Polish striker, who will likely wear the number 9 shirt on his back. "He is a man who takes good care of himself, his wife is a nutritionist when you have a woman who can help control your fitness...", he said, also reminding us that many modern players are enjoying longer careers.

The Barça president was full of praise for the Polish striker: "Barça needs, like any great team, a centre-forward. He is a machine gun to score goals. This player has won the Golden Boot several times, if you look at his track record, he guarantees goals and every great team needs a striker who guarantees goals". Similarly, he boasted of the quality that Barça has this year in the offensive ranks, which has brought together names like Raphinha, Dembelé, Ferran Torres, Ansu Fati and Aubameyang with the Pole himself. "And if we get it right, Abde too, who is progressing very well," he said, emphasising that the forward line "guarantees to give viewers a spectacle and also score goals."