Robert Lewandowski's
 
move

to Bayern

is inevitable

                After seeing his team win the Champions League on Saturday, the Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynkces implied that Robert Lewandowski is likely to be the next Dortmund player to swap the "Westfalenstadion" for the "Allianz Arena".

                Mario Goetze has already made his mind to join Bayern, which is paying the rising star's 37 million euro buy-out clause, and Lewandowski appears to be on the verge of joining him.

               "We know Mario Goetze will be joining us and I don't think Lewandowski will be hanging about too much either," Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes said at Saturday's post-match press conference.

              Lewandowski is remaining  coy about his future plans, but media reports that his agents Cezary Kucharski and Maik Barthel were on Bayern's guest list for the club's victory banquet in London, have done little to prove that the speculation is false.

            It seems like the striker is only postponing the inevitable. The 24-year-old striker said he was only thinking of resting for a few days and then joining Polish teammates for a World Cup qualifier against Moldova on June 7, but he is well-aware of his situation.

            "I'll be back in Dortmund a little after that," Lewandowski said. "I'll go to the national team and then we'll see what happens."

              Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp, who previously  said he expected Lewandowski to stay, appeared willing to accept his side will have a new look next season.

              "We've to go on holidays and buy some players. We need players because other clubs want our players," Klopp said.

              Reports suggest that Lewandowski's advisors have told Dortmund their client only wants to play for Bayern next season, forcing the club into the uncomfortable position of selling to its greatest rival or allow him to leave for free next year.

                 If Dortmund decides to hold Lewandowski to his contract, it would forgo an estimated transfer fee of around 25 million euros. But Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke has indicated the club is prepared to do that.

                "If Robert stays, the chances of qualifying for the Champions League again next season are better. We earned significant amounts in the competition this season," said Watzke, who had initially set a deadline of May 15 for offers for his sought-after forward.

               Lewandowski has scored 54 goals in 98 Bundesliga games, while also helping set up 20 more. He managed 10 goals in the Champions League, two less than competition top-scorer Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid.

                   Rather than selling to Bayern, a direct rival, Dortmund would be more likely to contemplate selling to a foreign club, opening the possibility for other interested teams like Chelsea, Manchester City or Real Madrid to make their move.

                   Lewandowski will have the final say, however, and if he decides he wants Bayern, it will happen this year or next.

 

                 "It would be great to show the players who may be going that our team can achieve great things, too," Dortmund defender Mats Hummels said before what was only Dortmund's second Champions League final.

               

              In the same press conference, Klopp said he was sure his players would manage to reach another final sometime, though he might not be there when it happens.

  

              What will Borussia do with the money received from the transfers of their best players remains to be seen, but it will not be a surprise if they try to replace them as quickly as possible.