Robert Lewandowski has been one of the best forwards of his generation and seeing his impressive registers probably also of the history. The Pole, in fact, still follows between the big goleadores of the planet in spite of being already way to the 35 years. Luckily for the FC Barcelona, the '9' carry all his life taking care to be able to lengthen his sportive career and gives the feeling that still they remain him at least a pair of years more in the elite.
Benzema, a problem for the Real Madrid
However, the raw reality is that the age does not forgive to anybody and the bajón can arrive when one less expects it to him. The best example of this has been Karim Benzema, that the past season completed the best course of his career and one of the best that have seen to individual level out of Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The French put with the Real Madrid 44 goals and gave 15 assistances in all the competitions, being the big star of the team and conquering League and Champions League.
With some registers like this and with a feeling so of superiority regarding the other, anybody had thought that the Frenchman went to give a bajón so pronounced of a year to another. But the true is that it has occurred and this has pillado to the Madrid totally desprevenido. The titanic effort of the past campaign, playing it almost all and being important in all the facets of the game, has happened bill to the tip, that from September of 2022 has not left to have physical problems.
Capital error of the Madrid no fichar a '9' acting of level
The injuries have 'hammered' to Benzema from start of season and have not left him surrender as it came it doing from 2018, when it went Cristiano Ronaldo. This has been an enormous problem for the picture merengue, that does not have acting for the French. Florentino Pérez did not want to fichar a '9' of some level to give him rest and later cover his withdrawal, and this is going out him very expensive to the team.
Although it is marking goals (19 in 29 meetings), the feelings that is leaving the 'killer' are very bad. It sees him slow, finishes every time less, is used to to lose the majority of individual duels, no longer has the necessary freshness to go down to build game and arrive to the finish... In summary, is not the same player that was and everything aims that his career in the maximum elite already has touched to his end.
The Barça has to learn of the big error of the Madrid
In Santiago Bernabéu preferred to not to advance to this possible bajón, in spite of the 35 years for 36 that has the Frenchman. This abysmal decision is just the one who does not have to take the FC Barcelona this summer seeing the case of Lewandowski. Although the Pole has taken care more than the Frenchman during his career, does not leave to have near of 35 years and his body also could say suffices anytime.
It is true that the '9' Barcelona has a distinct game to the of Benzema, that has been many times the mediapunta, the forward and even the extreme of the Madrid. Robert focuses more in the goal and in the game near and inside the area, reducing like this his field of performance. This could influence in that his goodbye to the elite arrive later, since the goal will follow it having always and therefore it goes to be followed contributing even after having lost agility and speed.
However, the loss of physicist for a tip can be the difference between arriving or not arriving to this balloon to the second stick, between winning or lose an individual duel against the central or between being able to combine with a mate or no. Although it is not the '9' madridista, the Pole also stands out by his skill to do play to his mates, especially with supports of back to one or two touch. As it has showed the Balloon of Gold 2022, a bajón so pronounced affects to all the facets of the game and therefore it does not be necessary to take it to prank.
The Barça himself works in the signing of another '9'
In the Barcelona there is not acting of Lewy, by what in the entity have left clear that one of the priorities of face to the next market of signings is to reinforce the position. The idea would be to find a relief of level for the Pole, but seen the seen with the Madrid, it would be necessary to go a step further. The Barcelona group has to fichar a tip that accept suplir to the of Warsaw when it touch him, but that also have quality to go out of start and that when to the ex of the Bayern touch him step at the side go to mark goals and to be important from practically the minute one.
Taking into account the limitations that has the Barça by fault of the Fair Play, fichar to a 'killer' that fulfil with these requirements does not go to be easy. The club can not spend the more than 100 millions that will ask the Tottenham by Harry Kane or the Napoli by Victor Osimhen, or the 70 or 80 that demands the Juventus by Vlahovic. These are surely the three goleadores 'fichables' of more level, but neither is possible to make them compatible with another 'titularísimo' as Lewandowski, neither is possible to pay them right now.
Vitor Roque, the '9' chosen by the FC Barcelona
By all this, in the picture barcelonista have thought in looking to Brazil and go to by Vitor Roque, probably the '9' more promising of Sudamérica beside the madridista Endrick, that is not going through a good moment from his signing by the whites. The Brazilian of the Athletico Paranaense has 18 recently fulfilled years and to 'priori' fulfils with all what have to look for the culés in the market.
Vitor Would accept to be acting of Lewandowski in the short term, but seems to be already qualified to put goals and give minutes of quality when it was necessary. In this sense, if all goes as it has to go, in a pair of years, when it no longer was the one of Warsaw, Roque would have already two campaigns of experience in the Camp Nou and a lot learnt to be the 'killer' headline of the Barça. Besides, economically it could cost between 30 and 40 'kilos', that is quite taking into account his age, but that it could finish being one 'bargain' if it finish turning into the star that aims to be.
Also it is necessary to take into account that futbolísticamente the Brazilian could fit like ring to the finger by his qualities. It is powerful, has a big shot, intuition and ease to mark inside the area and skill to combine out of the same. Obviously still it is 'green' in many respects, but has the faculties and apparently the personality to finish doing career in a 'big' as the FC Barcelona.
A signing of present and future
Joan Laporta and Mateu Alemany have to give it all this summer to be able to close the incorporation of Vitor Roque, that would solve the problem of goal from the bench in the short term, and especially would serve to do a sweet transition until the goodbye of Lewy. Doing this, the culés will ensure not to have a bad time it neither frustrate, that is what is occurring in Madrid with Karim Benzema.