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#2 Robert Lewandowski

Lewandowski could be on his way out of Bayern Munich next season

One of the best strikers in the world, Robert Lewandowski has consistently shown what a true world class goalscorer he is with his performances for Bayern Munich in the past few seasons. Bayern Munich is a team full of superstars, but Lewandowski is arguably their biggest trump card.

Capable of scoring goals from any angle, Lewandoski is quite simply a complete striker as he is comfortable with both his right and left foot and is also extremely competitive and effective in the air. However, the relationship between the Polish sharpshooter and the Bundesliga champions seems to have soured after Lewandowski criticised Bayern's transfer dealings.

Bayern's CEO Karl Heinz-Rummenige was not at all pleased with the accusations. Speaking to Bild he said:

"Obviously Robert was irritated by PSG's transfers. He is employed with us as a football player and earns a lot of money. I regret what he said.

"Whoever publicly criticises the club or his team-mates will get in trouble with me personally. He already made false claims last season following the Freiburg match, where he claimed he had not been supported enough.

He also was not pleased with Lewandowski pining for Real Madrid:

"If he is moaning about our Asian tour, he should remember that the supposed club of his dreams, Real Madrid, spent 24 days over the summer in the heat - twice as long as we did,"

With Lewandowski himself pushing for a move, we might just see the blockbuster transfer happen sooner rather than later.