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Barcelona presented its Polish international striker Robert Lewandowski, who was recently contracted from Bayern Munich, to its fans at the Camp Nou stadium on Friday morning.
More than 57 thousand fans attended the presentation in the stadium's stands, making this the largest number to attend the presentation of a new player in the history of Barcelona .
He is considered among the largest numbers of people who attended to present a player in general, as the presentation of Cristiano Ronaldo as a player for Real Madrid tops the list with 75,000 fans .
During his presentation to the fans on the field, the new Barcelona striker appeared in the No. 9 shirt with Barca, indicating that he would obtain the number from his colleague Memphis Depay .
Lewandowski wore the No. 12 shirt with the Blaugrana at the beginning of his joining the team when he participated in the preparatory camp for the new season in the United States .
Leva wore the number 12 shirt in the team's friendly matches against Real Madrid, Juventus and New York Red Bulls .
It is noteworthy that several reports in the last hours revealed that Memphis Depay, who wears the number 9 shirt with the Catalan club, had contacted Barcelona in order to terminate his contract with the team .
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