Barcelona Target Joao Pedro as Lewandowski Replacement

Barcelona have made joao pedro their preferred candidate to replace Robert Lewandowski, with the Chelsea and Brazil striker now central to their forward planning. Lewandowski, 37, is set to leave at the end of the season, and the club’s search has moved quickly toward a player who already fits the profile they want.

Joao Pedro And Lewandowski

Pedro is 24 and has emerged as the clearest name in Barcelona’s search for a successor to the Poland striker. That leaves the club weighing a younger forward option against a departure that will open a major hole in the attack when the season ends.

The move is not being considered in isolation. Barcelona are also eyeing Tottenham defender Cristian Romero, which shows the club’s recruitment work is running across more than one position while the Lewandowski replacement debate remains the headline issue.

Hansi Flick Contract

Hansi Flick is also part of the timing around this reshaping of the squad. Barcelona are set to sign a two-year extension for the manager, and the details of that new contract are expected to be finalised next week.

That gives the club a clearer coaching structure as the transfer plans continue. For Barcelona, the immediate practical step is simple: they have identified Pedro as the forward they want most, while the Lewandowski exit at the end of the season forces the next phase of the rebuild into view.

Barcelona may still turn elsewhere if their move for Inter Milan’s Alessandro Bastoni fails, but the striker search already has its lead option. Pedro remains the preferred candidate, and that makes him the name to watch as the club shapes its attack around the change coming after this season.