What would Robert Lewandowski’s salary at Real Madrid have been? Leaked contract documents show wages & signing on fee

Real Madrid made a pre-contract offer to Robert Lewandowski in the earlier part of this decade following the Polish striker’s fine showings for Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League. The deal didn’t materialise- Lewandowski eventually chose to move to Bayern, but a Polish newspaper have got their hands on Real’s contract offer (made in December 2013 for a contract that was to begin in 2014/15 till the end of the 2019/20 season), and there are some interesting details to see if you’re a football fan.

What was the signing on fee that Real Madrid were prepared to offer Robert Lewandowski?

Real were prepared to offer Lewandowski a signing on fee of 10.96 million euros (10,957,650 euros), as he would effectively be arriving on a free transfer. Interestingly though, this payment would only be made in February 2015.

What salary did Real offer Lewandowski?

An annual salary of 8.6m euros (8,609,590euros), payable in two installments- 10 February and 10 July. It roughly meant a salary of around 165,000 euros weekly.

Lewandowski Real Madrid Contract Offer 2014

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Newspaper player Ratings Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea FA Cup Final 2020 August 1- How did Pulisic, Tierney, Xhaka & co play?

Here is a look at the player ratings from some of the biggest English and European newspapers following Arsenal’s 2-1 win over Chelsea in the FA Cup final on 1 August, 2020 at Wembley. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang the obvious star of the show for his two goals, including the winner from his left foot, but plenty of praise for Christian Pulisic, whose withdrawal due to injury was perhaps one of the turning points of the game.

Gazzetta dello Sport player ratings Arsenal 2 Chelsea 1 FA Cup 2020 Final

Referee Anthony Taylor came in for criticism from some quarters, but Italian paper GdS gave him a solid 7.

Arsenal Chelsea Player Ratings Gazzetta dello Sport 2020

Daily Star player ratings Chelsea Arsenal FA Cup Final

Arsenal Player Ratings v Chelsea FA Cup Final Daily Star 2020

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Newcastle Liverpool xG 0.34-0.57 | Expected Goals Stats for NUFC 1-3 LFC July 26 2020

Expected goals Newcastle v Liverpool: NUFC 0.34-0.57 LFC
Actual goals Newcastle v Liverpool: NUFC 1-3 LFC

xG of individual Liverpool goals vs Newcastle July 26, 2020

Virgil van Dijk goal 38: 0.06
Divock Origi goal 59: 0.02
Sadio Mane goal 89: 0.06

Interesting, Liverpool’s biggest xG chance that didn’t result in a was a 0.08 from Mo Salah in the 71st minute.

xG of NUFC goal v Liverpool 2020

Dwight Gayle goal 1: 0.29

Newcastle 1-3 Liverpool 2020 xG

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