Lewa's troubles with coaches revealed

Robert Lewandowski is one of the greatest goal scorers in modern era. The Pole had a stunning career which will last a couple more years mainly due to his fantastic fitness. Barcelona’s striker is very careful with his body, has a doctor for sleeping (!) and his wife is a personal fitness trainer, which helps as well.

He won trophies in every club he played for: Lech, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Barcelona. But, his desire to win at any cost left a shadow on his personality. When he figured out that moving from Dortmund to Munich will be better for him, he changed sides without any remorse – on a free transfer. When he failed to break some goal scoring records in Munich, he complained publicly that his teammates are not giving him opportunities to score.

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And now, a Polish journalist revealed that his desire to win sometimes even led him to confrontations with coaches. Sebastian Staszewski, a Polish journalist and author of Lewandowski’s biography spoke about it.

“This madness, this deep desire to win, causes Robert to apply a very simple division to his life: those who help him achieve success are his friends, and those who hinder him are his enemies. If a coach hinders his convictions, Robert generally believes he's right. If Robert Lewandowski felt that Hansi Flick was hindering his success at Bayern Munich, he went to Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the chairman, with a group of players, and to put it bluntly, he was a candidate for manager. I think, in a sense, he had a hand in firing Carlo Ancelotti because he didn't like, among other things, the fact that Ancelotti's assistant smoked cigarettes during training and that the training sessions weren't intense enough." he said in an interview with Bogdan Rymanowski.

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His latest ‘problem’ with a coach happened with Xavi in Barcelona.

"Did Robert decide that since Xavi was no longer delivering, they had to replace Xavi? Xavi knew that. Laporta says in the book, officially and under his real name, that Xavi came to Deco, the sporting director, with a list, showed him a list of players he no longer wanted for next season, and Robert Lewandowski was on that list. Xavi knew that Robert Lewandowski had become his 'locker room' opposition. But life proved that Xavi had to leave the club. Hansi Flick arrived, and suddenly Robert Lewandowski had a fantastic season, winning the league and reaching the Champions League semifinals. But yes, when it comes to winning, Robert Lewandowski is ruthless" he concluded.