Dreesen Slams Lewandowski’S Salary Report

Bayern Munich finance director Jan-Christian Dreesen has rejected a recent report in France Football revealing Robert Lewandowski’s salary, labelling it “blatant nonsense.”

The French magazine claimed Lewandowski is the highest-paid Bundesliga player and earns 20.2 million Euros per year in salary, bonuses and sponsorship revenue after joining Bayern on a free transfer from Borussia Dortmund in the summer.

Despite the German paper reducing the published number by 1.2m to 19m Euros, Dreesen said: “I think this number is astonishing. It defies any explanation and how someone can come up with such a number. The number’s just wrong, blatant nonsense.”

Dreesen, 47, admitted that it’s “not unusual to pay a signing fee” for a free player, but claimed that “even with the signing fee you will significantly stay under this sum.”

While it is common in other leagues to reveal salaries, the Bundesliga has always been very strict about not making individual earnings public.