In spring 2022 Robert Lewandowski wanted to leave Bayern Munich for FC Barcelona. On 15 May 2022 Bayern’s chief executive Oliver Kahn said: Er hat einen Vertrag bis 2023. Diesen Vertrag wird er erfüllen. Basta! He has a contract until 2023. He will fulfill this contract. Basta! Two months later the transfer was agreed. Barcelona paid a fee of 45 million euros.