Robert Lewandowski has stated Barcelona aren’t “scared” by the upcoming arrival of Kylian Mbappé at Actual Madrid this summer time.
Barça are 12 factors behind the LaLiga champions going into this weekend’s last spherical of fixtures, and Madrid are set to additional strengthen by signing Mbappé, with sources telling ESPN he is anticipated to affix subsequent month after the Champions League last.
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Madrid beat Barça in each Clasico conferences between the 2 groups this season, however Lewandowski stated in an interview with the newspaper Marca that he believes Barça can nonetheless compete even with the addition of France star Mbappé.
“Scared? No,” Lewandowski stated. “In fact Mbappé is a tremendous participant and if he joins Actual Madrid, the workforce, the gamers can be very sturdy. However our mindset can be like, it does not matter how good gamers they’re. If we as a workforce are working collectively, with the mindset that we will beat them, we will compete with them.”
Lewandowski, 35, joined Barça in July 2022 and received LaLiga in his first season, scoring 23 targets. He discovered it tougher this marketing campaign because the workforce struggled, however nonetheless has 18 league targets, the fourth highest tally within the division.
“We have now to be prepared from the primary sport, from the primary minute,” he stated. “As a result of Actual Madrid for positive could have a while once they do not play effectively, dropping factors, and now we have to be prepared for this, to not solely catch them however perhaps to get forward of them. Like two years in the past, the season earlier than, there have been all the time some video games we could not win, however we did not lose.”
In addition to the anticipated arrival of Mbappé, Madrid may also welcome teenage star Endrick this summer time, with the Brazil ahead becoming a member of from Palmeiras in a deal agreed again in December 2022.
They will compete for a spot in a packed assault alongside Vinícius Júnior, Rodrygo Goes and Jude Bellingham, however in an interview with Diario AS on Thursday, Endrick, 17, stated he wasn’t involved by the competitors.
“It is a profitable group,” he stated. “No participant is a risk to every other. The perfect membership on the earth all the time has to search for the most effective in each place, all the time. Being alongside nice gamers will solely assist me enhance, get to a better stage and win extra trophies.”
Madrid play Actual Betis of their final LaLiga sport of 2023-24 on Saturday earlier than making ready to face Borussia Dortmund within the Champions League last at Wembley on June 1.