Former Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski is near a transfer to Main League Soccer facet Chicago Fireplace.
The 37-year-old Poland worldwide left the La Liga membership on the finish of the season when his contract expired and is anticipated to signal a two-year deal in Chicago.
Final December, Fireplace stated that they had talks with Lewandowski over a possible transfer.
He has been on their ‘discovery listing’, that means no different MLS membership can signal him with out paying a charge to them and there was fixed dialogue between each events.
In addition to Fireplace, there had been curiosity from AC Milan and the Saudi Professional League in Poland’s document goalscorer, who is anticipated to turn out to be one of many highest earners within the MLS.
His arrival can be an enormous increase to Chicago, which boasts one of many largest Polish communities exterior of Poland.
Fireplace, who’re at the moment third within the MLS Jap Convention having made their first play-off look final season, return to motion after the World Cup break on Friday, 17 July after they tackle Vancouver.
Lewandowski spent 12 seasons in Germany’s Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, successful 10 league titles and main Bayern to the 2020 Champions League title.
He was thought-about the frontrunner to win the 2020 Ballon d’Or however the award was not given out that 12 months due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
He completed second in Ballon d’Or voting in 2021, and gained the Greatest Fifa Males’s Participant Award in 2020 and 2021.
After transferring to Barcelona in 2022, he helped them win three La Liga titles and the 2025 Copa del Rey, scoring 120 objectives in 193 video games.
Nevertheless, quite a lot of accidents over the previous 12 months meant he began solely 17 league video games final season.
Since his departure, Barca have signed Newcastle winger Anthony Gordon on a five-year deal price greater than 80m euros (£69.3m), whereas they await a call on Marcus Rashford, who spent final season on mortgage from Manchester United.
Experiences on Monday say they’re additionally fascinated with a transfer for England striker Harry Kane, who’s within the remaining 12 months of his contract with Bayern Munich.
