Barcelona succeeded in beating Mallorca with relative convenience in their La Liga opener on Saturday, despite the absence of Robert Lewandowski. The Polish striker came up with an injury prior to the Joan Gamper-Trophy last weekend, which meant that he would come out before the start of the 2025-26 campaign.
It has been reported that Lewandowski will miss matches against Mallorca and Levante, while touching Barcelona's MD3 collision against Rayo Vallecano. However, the Catalans have now received good news with the latest report of the veteran's injury situation.
According to Diario AS, it is almost certain that Lewandowski will be available for Levante next weekend. His recovery is more positive than initially expected by the medical services, so if there are no setbacks, the Polish striker will be available to make the trip to the Valencian region.
The current plan is that Lewandowski will return to group training early next week, and he will receive the medical green light from the Barcelona staff on Friday. With the Levante match on Saturday, this means that he will be available for Hansi Flick.
Lewandowski, who scored 42 goals in all competitions last season, is still the starting striker of Barcelona, although he will find it difficult to keep Ferran Torres at bay. The latter scored in the victory in Mallorca, and he continued the fine form he has shown for the past 12 months.
Flick will be happy with the competition for places he has, especially in attacking areas. Lewandowski, Ferran and Marcus Rashford are three very good options for the number nine position, and if they all shoot, the Catalans will hardly pin – as was the case last season.