50 mil for Lewandovski? Fantastic piece of business from Bayern.
It was so obvious from the beginning as well, Barcelona is like a guy playing Texas hold'em with is cards laid out on the table.
It is a 3-year deal and he's already 34 years old - this smells like another expensive mistake. He is a great player - but it's simply too much money and the contract is too long.
EDIT: sorry, wrong thread. Had both this and the transfers one opened in parallel.
Barcelona spent around €110 million to sign two players this week. But as you said I agree Lewandowski's value is quite high considering he is 34 years old. but i don't think barcelona is doing a big gamble here because the arrival of lewandowski will probably increase their merchandise sales many times. at least they will get benefits that may be beyond our expectations. I think Lewandowski is still very strong and his arrival is expected to be a substitute for the void since Messi left because there hasn't been a player who has been able to contribute so much in scoring goals since Messi left.
~indeed your post is more suitable in the spanish league thread.