2026-03-08 10:37:18
Robert Lewandowski thinks modern footballers are less impulsive.
The Barcelona striker believes that the changing expectations of younger players mean there are fewer mavericks on the pitch than there were in years gone by.
In an interview with Sky Sports, Lewandowski said: “Of course, you have some unique players or different players. But it’s less than before for sure. From academies you have so many similar players.
“The way they want to learn, how to play football is like copy and paste. Like the factory.”
However, Lewandowski doesn’t feel that this is conducive to producing elite centre forwards.
The Poland international said: “The striker is a different position. You cannot learn to be a great striker from the academy.
“You have to be very different. You have to be thinking different. I see that every year less and less.
“It’s only the skills. The mentality is the most important to thinking different to your team. You cannot do the same as all the team. You cannot stay in the position that the team or someone expects.
“No, the striker has to know where you should go, where the ball is coming because only you on the pitch knows. You have this kind of feeling.”
The 37-year-old footballer’s contract at Barca expires this summer and he says that he won’t be rushing into a decision about his future.
Lewandowski said: “What is good is that I don’t have pressure. At 30 or a few years (younger), this kind of feeling is going to be different. ‘I want to see where I’m going to play.’ But in this moment, I don’t have to know. I have patience.
“I’ll give myself around three months to decide what I want to do. Me, just me.”
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