Bayern Munich President Herbert Hainer spoke about the return of striker Robert Lewandowski to the Allianz Arena and the strength of the Catalan club ahead of the match against Barcelona in the second round of the 2022/2023 Champions League group stage.

Hainer said: “Barcelona have a very good team at the moment, we respect Barcelona, ​​we have also benefited from it and got a coach like Pep Guardiola, great players like Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Piqué and Busquets played in Barcelona. club is still making plans for the future. We have a good relationship with Juan Laporta’s management.”

He continued: “I hope the fans will take Lewandowski well because he played with us for 8 years and scored a lot of goals and won a lot of matches, we won all the major titles and in the end he left and that was an advantage. for everybody.”

And he concluded: “Robert moved to Barcelona, ​​everyone should be happy, we have a good relationship with Lewandowski, we talked and put an end to all differences.”

Asked if the 8-2 could be repeated again, he said: “History does not repeat itself, Barcelona are having a good time, they are trying to build a strong team, do you think what happened in Lisbon two years ago can be repeated? “

He concluded his statement by emphasizing: “We met Barcelona at a good time for us, but Barcelona are much stronger this season. Laporte managed to get the team back to where it should be. win.”