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Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski has claimed that he had made the choice to affix Manchester United again in 2012 when Sir Alex Ferguson was supervisor of the membership, however a deal was torpedoed by Borussia Dortmund.
The Polish ahead is among the biggest goalscorers in historical past.
He has notched an unimaginable 598 targets in his membership profession and 82 extra for his nationwide staff.
The targets have additionally translated to trophies as he has gained 12 league titles in three completely different nations, together with La Liga trophy for Barcelona final 12 months.
Nevertheless, his profession may have been so completely different if his transfer to United in 2012 had not fallen aside and maybe it could have been to United’s profit from one of many biggest finishers the world has ever seen.
After lacking out on the league title as a consequence of objective distinction in 2012, Ferguson was decided the identical factor wouldn’t occur once more in what could be his final season in administration.
To unravel the problems the good supervisor tried to usher in the Polish striker who was then taking part in his soccer at Borussia Dortmund.
Chatting with The Solar he claimed, “I used to be 22, 23 [years old] and it was after one or two years in Dortmund [when Sir Alex called me]. You can’t say no [to him], it’s the prime of Manchester United, the prime of Sir Alex Ferguson. I used to be determined, okay, I need to be part of to Manchester United.”
“However in the long run Dortmund mentioned no. So I needed to respect this.”
United would go on to signal Robin van Persie, who scored 30 targets within the 2012-13 season, and was instrumental because the Purple Devils gained their twentieth league title.
Nevertheless, the Dutchman was already in his thirties by that stage and his performances would tail off throughout his remaining two years at Outdated Trafford.
The signing of Lewandowski might not have had the instant influence of Van Persie however it could have meant that United would have had the quantity 9 place sorted for years to come back, because the Pole proved his world-class value at Bayern Munich when leaving for Bavaria in 2014.
Regardless of hardly being on the peak of his powers, he has nonetheless bagged 25 targets this season in a removed from classic Barcelona staff on the age of 35 years previous.
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