Lewandowski's goal that cost Barcelona 1.25 million euros

Barcelona clinched the runners-up spot last Sunday with a 3-0 win over Rayo Vallecano at the Lluis Companys stadium. It was a small joy in a season to forget for the 'Cules', in which they failed to win titles and had several internal crises, the last one so strong that it could even cost Xavi his job at the end of the season.
Robert Lewandowski scored once again in the match against the Madrid side, taking his tally to 25 goals for the season. With one game to go, the Pole has scored seven fewer goals than last season in official matches, when he has played in practically the same number of games and minutes.
However, the 25 goals will force Barcelona to pay a new bonus to Bayern Munich. 'Mundo Deportivo' reminds us that the Catalan giants agreed at the time to pay 45 million euros for the signing of Robert Lewandowski and a maximum of five in add ons if the Pole managed to reach the aforementioned figure in each of the four seasons signed at the time.
Having scored 32 in 2022/23, Barcelona had to pay 1.25 million euros to the Bavarian team and now they will have to repeat, as the striker, who was far away a few weeks ago, rejoined the fight for the 'Pichichi' with a hat trick against Valencia.
After the 3 goals against the 'Ches' he only had 2 goals left to reach 25 and he got them by scoring a penalty against Girona and repeating against Rayo Vallecano in the penultimate matchday. Despite the financial problems of the 'Cule' team, there has been no caution with this fact and Lewandowski has been given the opportunity to fight for the 'Pichichi' in the last matches even knowing that the Warsaw-born player had it very complicated.
Lewandowski's 25 goals in the 2023-24 season break down as follows: he scored 18 in La Liga with the last matchday to go, three in the Champions League and two in both the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup.