Robert Lewandowski, the legendary Polish striker synonymous with brandishing the iconic number nine jersey has recently signed for Barcelona. But there is one major problem… Memphis Depay is currently the proud owner of the number nine shirt at the Catalan club.
Now, we all know this numbers business can be a bit tricky to navigate at times in terms of dressing room politics but given the status of someone like Lewandowski, as well as the air being thick with rumours that Depay could be set to depart the club, one would imagine the Polish hitman will be granted the honour.
His remarkable tally of 344 goals in 375 matches for Bayern is simply undeniable and suggests that, despite his age, he has all the potential to go on and become one of Barcelona’s greatest ever strikers – so with that in mind, what’s his competition?
It’s a tough ask to compare players from vastly different eras, so we’ve decided to keep it slightly more niche and run the comparison back from Ronaldo Nazario’s Camp Nou cameo in 1996.