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I wonder if his salary was reduced, I think so. After all, his age is very serious. On the other hand, Barcelona has no choice because if Lewandowski leaves, Barcelona will only be able to sign a free agent (who will still have to pay a signing bonus) and there has long been a shortage of such among top strikers.
Lewandowski has good statistics, but last season he led the team in missed scoring chances, I don’t think there have been any radical changes this season.
I'm not sure his salary is reduced, moreover, the salary issue is clearly written in the contract point. As long as the contract has not expired, Barcelona cannot reduce his salary unilaterally, unless Lewandowski agrees to the policy.
Lewandowski is still able to maintain his performance even though he is old, he is still Hansi Flick's mainstay in terms of scoring goals, maybe after his contract expires, he will be released as a free transfer player because the club also needs younger and quality players in the front line.
When talking about a new contract, usually the clause for the contract including salary can be changed so that in the end even though maybe for unfinished contacts the salary is still the same but for a new contract in the next 1 year according to the agreement, the salary can certainly be reduced and that is something that I think is normal even though he is currently still very productive but with his current age there must be some consideration for salary reduction.
As for the performance, it cannot be denied that until now Lewandowski is still one of the most reliable players to score goals so that Barcelona's reasons apart from those who still want to secure cash flow for the better, the presence of Lewandowski also still provides a calm for their attack line. As for next season the possibility of leaving for free is very likely but this is Barcelona where before Depay came for free they tried to sell especially Lewandowski who is still very fit despite his age.