THE FOOTBALL LENS

 ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI: A LUXURIOUS CONUNDRUM Robert Lewandowski's contract with Barcelona is set to enter it's last year and there are still no reports of talk of contract renewal with Barca .  CLASS IS PERMANENT Robert Lewandowski had a, by his standards, a horrible 2023/24 season. registering only 19 goals in the league and 27 goals in all competition . it may sound a lot of goals but remember only MESSI and RONALDO trump this man in CL goals and he has scored the most goals since 2020. He looked like he has finally reached the end of his career at the top but under flick he rejuvenated his career and was one the most lethal marksmen this season  and he scored 27 goals in the league and 42 in all competitions . he silenced his critics and showed class is permanent WHAT'S THE FUTURE? Robert lewandowski is 36 years old and still at the very top of his game and isn’t showing any signs of stopping. The big question is, can he keep going ? it is definitely something  to ...

luiz Diaz, Rashford  or Nico Williams  Barcelona are in talks with many players this summer after brutally having the dreams of champions league crushed, which would have perfected an all ready historic campaign. LUIZ DIAZ                                                       MATCHES.                       GOALS.                      ASSISTS PREM               2024- -25 36 36 13 13 5 EFL CUP  2024-25 2024-25 4 4 1 1 0 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2024-25 2024-25 9 9 3 3 0   He had an impressive but still an underwhelming campaign in the league. He would be promising gamble for barca as Arne Slot has shown trust in the colombian and his flair can be definitely be useful to the culers but he will...

DEAN HUJSEN : RIGHT FOR MADRID Dean has signed a deal with Real madrid until the summer of 2030. He has completed his medical and set to join the rest of the squad for the FIFA club world cup WHAT DOES HE BRING TO THE REAL MADRID SQUAD ? Dean Hujsen has been honed in the art of defending in the cathedral’s of defending, Italy, specifically Juve and Roma. His best came in Bournemouth under Iraola. His defending has been good enough to earn him a contract at Real Madrid . He brings some help to a defense that has been in all honesty Shambolic , its Courtois's brilliance that saved Real Madrid from conceding eight or nine goals in many matches Dean Hujsen has proven himself to be a power house , a strong , good in the air , classy on the ball defender . He has the leadership qualities the Real defense desperately needs .  DOES HE FIT AT REAL MADRID? If Ancelotti was still here i would have said Dean Hujsen is not what’s needed , but maybe under Xabi Alonso the situation changes, Xabi ...

 TER STEGEN'S TIME UP ? Another summer soap opera is about to take place in the heart of catalonia as Ter Stegen and the Barca  board set for a guirella war in the summer.  TER STEGEN: A BARCA LEGEND Before we get into the ugly affair let us not forget that Ter Stegen is barca legend, a hero a man who was to luis Enrique’s treble winning side , He was just as important as the famous MSN. The unrealistic superhuman saves that he has made for Barcelona can never be forgotten , Ter stegen from 2015 to 2019 was unbelievable and even getting the shouts from many neutrals as being the best  GK in 2019 and justifiably so . he also had an exceptional 2022/23 season conceding only 20 goals in La liga . WHAT LED TO THIS? Ter Stegen had a disappointing previous season he also had bad spell from 19/20 till 21/22 . there was already negative impression on Barcelona fans and judging from the barca board's actions there was also a bad impression on the Barca hierarchy too but, he g...

RONALDO'S BRILLIANT PORTUGAL TRIUMPH IN A THRILLING AFFAIR AGAINST SPAIN Portugal came out on top against Spain in Germany to clinch their second UEFANations league title . Ronaldo was in tears after captaining portugal to their second Nations league title and ending his 4 year trophy drought.  Here are three major take aways from the game  A NIGHT TO FORGET FOR LAMINE YAMAL First things first, Lamine Yamal did not have a bad game , in fact, he had a solid 7/10 performance against a brilliant Portugal side . The 17 year old  throughout the game had at least 5 defenders on him and one of them was a brilliant Nuno Mendes but nevertheless it was not the usual masterclass by him . He was unable to register a goal or an assist , probably could have done more to stop Nuno Mendes from puting in the cross in the spanish box which led to the Ronaldo equaliser. A learning curve for the brilliant game.    NUNO MENDES : ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT Nuno Mendes, simply brilliant. We...