La Liga giants Barcelona were momentarily scammed out of a million euro payment, when signing Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich.That’s according to Cadena SER, who have on Thursday provided an

Barcelona were reportedly 'conned out of €1 million' from Robert Lewandowski's move from Bayern Munich by a fake agent.

Barcelona were 'conned out of €1 million' from the transfer of Robert Lewandowski by a fake agent. Lewandowski ended his illustrious spell with Bayern Munich by joining Barca in a deal worth £42.6 million. And the transaction nearly cost the Catalan giants €1 million as the club were almost duped by a fake agent.

For now, sports pages remain rife with reports of falsified transfers, money laundering, and fraudulent payment schemes. In 2018, Italy’s Lazio reportedly fell for an email scam, paying 2 million euros to fraudsters who posed as the Dutch club Feyenoord following the transfer of defender Stefan de Vrij.

Barcelona are not flush for cash at the moment, and have not been since before the Covid-19 pandemic. And while Joan Laporta’s opposition accuse him of incompetence, there were more than a few