{"id":20429,"date":"2025-09-29T09:28:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T09:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/robert-lewandowski-reveals-why-his-transfer-to-man-utd-never-went-through-bbc-sport\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T09:28:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T09:28:21","slug":"robert-lewandowski-reveals-why-his-transfer-to-man-utd-never-went-through-bbc-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/robert-lewandowski-reveals-why-his-transfer-to-man-utd-never-went-through-bbc-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Lewandowski reveals why his transfer to Man Utd never went through | BBC Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jWtyeUPoMTs?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Robert Lewandowski tells Liam MacDevitt how close he came to joining Man Utd, how he&#8217;s never seen a player like Lamine Yamal and how much he&#8217;s got left in the tank at Barcelona and beyond. <\/p>\n<p>Follow more on the BBC Sport app and iPlayer.<br \/>\n=============<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE so you never miss out on our best videos<br \/>\n\u27a1\ufe0f\u27a1\ufe0fhttp:\/\/bit.ly\/1sFodyu <\/p>\n<p>=============<\/p>\n<p>Find us here: <\/p>\n<p>BBC Sport: http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport<br \/>\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BBCSport\/<br \/>\nTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCSport<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbcsport\/<br \/>\nTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bbcsport<\/p>\n<p>#bbcsport #lewandowski #manchesterunited #football #barcelona #lamineyamal <\/p>\n<p>Robert Lewandowski reveals why his transfer to Man Utd never went through | BBC Sport<\/p>\n<p>1:02 Why he chose Barcelona<br \/>\n2:12 &#8216;The young guys have to catch me&#8217;<br \/>\n2:46 The greatest abs in football?<br \/>\n3:20 Helping &#8211; and learning from &#8211; the new generation<br \/>\n4:00 &#8216;Special&#8217; Lamine Yamal<br \/>\n5:30 The influence of Jurgen Klopp<br \/>\n6:45 Xavi and Flick<br \/>\n8:30 The Champions League format<br \/>\n9:15 Ballon d&#8217;Or frustration<br \/>\n11:00 Poland and the World Cup in 2026<br \/>\n12:10 The Man Utd move that never came<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jWtyeUPoMTs\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Lewandowski tells Liam MacDevitt how close he came to joining Man Utd, how he&#8217;s never seen a player like Lamine Yamal and how much he&#8217;s got left in the tank at Barcelona and beyond. Follow more on the BBC Sport app and iPlayer. ============= SUBSCRIBE so you never miss out on our best videos [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20431,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20429\/revisions\/20431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}