‘I’d like to have him in my team’ – Frenkie de Jong on his conversation with Barcelona target Lewandowski

Barcelona star Frenkie de Jong has hinted that he would like to join forces with rumoured Blaugrana target Robert Lewandowski next season.

Links between Polish international Lewandowski and Barca have of course been rampant for several weeks now.

This comes with the 33-year-old having made public his desire to seek pastures new this summer, on the back of a prolific stint in Germany with Bayern Munich.

Lewandowski: “My era at Bayern is over. I don’t see any possibility to continue playing for this club anymore” 🚨 #FCBayern

“Bayern’s a serious club and I believe they won’t keep me, I don’t want to play there anymore. A transfer is the best solution. I hope they don’t stop me”. pic.twitter.com/ieO3q0tEBO

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 30, 2022

The Camp Nou, in turn, has long been tipped as Lewandowski’s landing spot of choice, with Barca’s mutual interest in securing a deal meaning a transfer is viewed as altogether likely to come to fruition at some point over the coming months.

And, as alluded to above, one current member of Xavi’s ranks who has this weekend hinted at his desire to see ‘Lewa’ seal a move to Catalunya comes in the form of Frenkie de Jong.

Despite the rampant speculation surrounding his own name at present, FdJ was drawn on the content of a recent discussion between he and the Bayern standout.

This comes after the pair were spotted conversing on the back of the Netherlands’ 2-2 Nations League stalemate with Poland on Saturday.

And de Jong was not shy in admitting his wish to line out alongside Lewandowski, labelling the veteran striker ‘one of the best in the world’:

Frenkie de Jong answers on his conversation with Robert Lewandowski: “He’s an amazing player, one of the best in the world. It’s up to him [on his future to Barça]”. 🔴 #FCB

“Of course I would like to have Lewandowski in my team”, he added.@TheEuropeanLad

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 12, 2022