With the training camp just 4 days away, Bayern Munich players and staff are using the last days of ‘freedom’ to pursue their own interests: coach Julian Nagelsmann has started a romantic relationship with BILD reporter, Thomas Muller enjoys being ‘the player’s wife’ but Robert Lewandowski is having a nightmare offseason. He has flashbacks from 2013, when he was a Borussia Dortmund player and wanted to leave for Bayern, but the Millionaires didn’t want to let him go. At one point, he was thinking about a holdout but eventually gave up on the idea, but left Dortmund the next year as a free agent. But now….Maik Barthel (Lewandowski’s former agent): “I wouldn’t be surprised if Robert goes on strike and does not show up to pre-season with Bayern. He already thought about it in 2013, when Dortmund would not sell him.” pic.twitter.com/9E9ghwqW2u— Barça Universal (@BarcaUniversal) June 30, 2022 The situation is far from perfect, at least for Lewandowski and Barcelona. The Catalonians made their third offer for the Pole, but Bayern flat refused the 40 million offer, plus 5 million euros in bonus payments. The Bavarians are ready to start negotiating only at 50 million, and that offer (if it ever becomes a reality) won’t arrive by Monday, 4th of July, when the pre-season begins. Which puts Lewa in a difficult position – should he come or shout he boycott the training sessions?Let’s try that again shall we? Barcelona’s 40 million euros offer for Lewandowski will be finalThe Bayern brass are not making it easy for Lewandowski, as every statement from Allianz Arena offices are saying the same: we expect Lewa to honor his contract. And the last in line is honorary president Uli Hoeness, who dismissed any possibilities that the Pole will begin to strike or call in sick to skip the first days of training. “He is not sick and doesn’t have other excuses not to turn up to training. Robert is a sportsman and has always behaved immaculately. I’m sure that he will play for Bayern next season. I don’t think about that at all. He has a contract, and we are a constitutional state. We have decided that we will not let him go. Unless we could have found a replacement halfway” said Hoeness to Bild. ##NAJAVA_MECA_6477830##Lewa’s former advisor Maik Barthel admitted to BILD that the strike was an option in 2013 during the Borussia crisis, but that the player reluctantly decided to start the season after all, but this time, he expects him to miss the pre-season. What will happen is to be determined soon, as Monday will come very soon. But what about the other two men from the beginning of our story? Lena Wurzenberger stole Nagelsmann’s heart, but that means that he won’t cover Bayern anymore, since the famous tabloid newspaper moved her from her post, due to objectivity. As for Muller, he enjoys looking after his horses and accompanying his wife to equestrian tournaments. “I like being part of the tournament, it’s fun for me, absolutely. It’s great fun to see the horses grow up, the moments that you have with them from birth. The advantage is: they cannot speak. The horse doesn’t say to you in the evening: ‘You didn’t work so well today, why did you miss the goal again?’
