There’s no art to buying top footballers when your coffers are full, and you don’t know what to do with the money. A clever and experienced manager can sometimes get a quality player for free. The following chapters feature ten big-name players who didn’t cost their new employers a penny on the transfer market. From Paul Pogba to Ruud Gullit and Sol Campbell, the following are the 11 best footballers who moved to a new club for free!
One year after the departure of Mario Götze, Borussia Dortmund fans had to deal with yet another underdog. Robert Lewandowski, a Polish striker who was one of the most beloved players at the Westfalen Stadium, moved to the most prominent rival – for free. But since then, for Borussia supporters, he’s been the most hated person in the Bundesliga. When he returns to Dortmund in the jersey of an implacable rival, fans give him a hard time.
The Poland sharpshooter is already the second top scorer in Bundesliga history. He first became the competition’s leading goalscorer while still in a Borussia Dortmund jersey, the second time he did it in the 2015/16 season when he scored 30 goals and became the first Bundesliga footballer since 1977 to do so. His best seasons were also from 2017/18 to 2020/21.
Without the big man, who can say what Bayern would be. He’s deadly at the tip of the attack; he can score goals from every position equally well with his feet and his head. Critics may claim that he could improve defensively. However, Lewandowski is not on the pitch to defend; he is on the pitch to score goals. And, like a well-oiled and tuned machine, that’s exactly what he does.
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