The Polish striker, 24, demolished Real Madrid with a four-goal supershow in
last night’s Champions League semi-final first leg. And he is in demand with Manchester United one of the clubs who have been
heavily linked with a move for him.
Lewandowski is out of contract next summer and has yet to commit to a new deal.
Dortmund have already lost star midfielder Mario Gotze to German rivals Bayern
Munich this week after he triggered his own release clause.
But boss Jurgen Klopp said: “I don’t get the feeling Robert is on the run.
We’ll just have to see what happens.”
Lewandowski refused to discuss his future after thrashing Jose Mourinho’s Real
Madrid.
But Dortmund general manager Hans-Joachim Watzke outlined the club’s
determination to keep him for another 12 months.
Watzke said: “Our wish is explicit that he stays here. “We will even do without receiving a transfer fee for him — that doesn’t
interest us in the slightest. “Robert’s contract runs until 2014 and, unlike Mario Gotze, there is no
get-out clause.”
Klopp believes Poland international Lewandowski last night wrote his name into
Dortmund folklore. He added: “Whenever I walk through the club’s museum, I always see the same
old videos. “Maybe now Robert’s four goals will find a place in there but for that to
happen, we have got to build on this in the second leg.”
Despite holding a handsome first-leg lead, Klopp insists his side will not sit
back in next week’s return at the Bernabeu. The highly-rated coach said: “We are not a team who can simply defend a
result. We always want to attack. “I brought Sebastian Kehl and Kevin Grosskreutz on tonight to strengthen us
defensively.
“The first thing they did was in the Real Madrid penalty area. I think that
says it all.
“We have played an extraordinary game against a fantastic team but nothing has
been decided yet. “But even if we get knocked out, nobody can take this night away from us.”
No comments:
Post a Comment
Comment here