Story byRobert Lewandowski confirms bizarre Barcelona request – “It stuck in my head”Football EspanaSat, December 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM UTC·2 min readRobert Lewandowski has been a fantastic servant for Barcelona over the course of his three and a half seasons so far, with 109 goals in 165 appearances across all competitions. His record could have been even better, had senior club officials not asked to stop scoring at one stage. In November, it was reported that Barcelona had asked Lewandowski not to score in La Liga during the final couple of matches. He had 23 goals at the time, and had he reached 25, it would have triggered a clause that would’ve meant Bayern Munich were owed €2.5m. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementDuring an interview with Polish journalist Bogdan Rymanowski (via Marca), Lewandowski confirmed that this was asked of him, and he also gave his reaction to the rather bizarre request.“There are things I don’t want to talk about.