It would be a shame if Lewandowski was released to Atletico Madrid, it would be wiser if management allowed the player to move outside La Liga. Leave and join the Saudi Pro League or let Lewandowski go to MLS, that sounds better. Lewandowski is very much loved by the fans, it is not the right solution to sell him to a rival club, and it is not the only solution to overcome the club financial crisis. There are many young players who can be released, and it is true that it is not easy to get a quality striker like Lewandowski in the transfer window.
Yes, currently there are rumors about Altletico Madrid desire to get Lewandowski from Barcelona, Reportedly, Atletico Madrid is even ready to exchange Joao Felix for Lewandowski, of course with add a certain amount of money for Barcelona, at his current age Lewandowski is still very valuable to Barcelona, not only because of his ability in football scored goals, but of course Lewandowski still has a high bargaining price in my opinion, Lewandowski is still the top scorer for Barcelona this season and if they let him go to Atletico Madrid it would be suicide for barcelona.
After Suarez left, Atletico didn't have another sharp goal machine other than Antoine Griezmann, so they wanted to recruit Lewandowski to be the main striker next season, but it would be stupid if Barcelona accepted Atletico Madrid's offer because if Barcelona wanted to balance their finances, of course there would still be a lot Teams outside La Liga are willing to buy Lewandowski at a fairly high price, and even if Barcelona offers Lewandowski to the Arab team, of course Barcelona will probably get twice as much money as that given by Atletico.