Robert Lewandowski Quotes

When I look at our roster, I'm sure all of you have printed that I'm coming up on 35, and given my situation and my salary structure and all that, yeah, I have to wonder if this team is going to make moves and they haven't.

You don't want to get to the point where you play out your contract and you get to those complicated situations where they can put the franchise tag on you and things like that.

Every player looks forward to free agency.

I don't think it's right to think ahead to free agency.

I don't have a no-trade clause. I figure someone is going to pick me up.

My decision leaving the Nuggets was based on the organization not saying they had the cap room to sign me.

We protected Andre Johnson, given him long-term contracts. Brian Cushing's got a long-term contract. Arian Foster. So certain key players, core players, we've tried not to tie them up for a long period of time.

The ability of players to jump teams when their contracts are up has hurt fan loyalty.

I've seen where teams pay to get a player, like when Los Angeles paid to get Wayne Gretzky.

When you go into free agency and have options, any team is up for you to be on - and the Raiders, obviously with me having been there for so long, have a great shot at it.

There's always a possibility that players can come and go when the market opens.

This is football, things can change very fast. Let's be clear about it though: I will not be used as change to facilitate someone else's transfer.

It's not very wise to keep a player who has just one year left on his contract and really wants to leave.

Every player is free to decide over their future, just like the clubs can decide who they keep.

You never know: there is a lot of movement in football. You can never predict where you're going to play.

The timeline is kind of coming to an end as far as leading up to free agency.

I've been a free agent a couple times now. It's a process. You got to be smart with your decisions.

I don't think you sign a four-year contract in the Premier League and then go to China at the age of 26.

My job was to play football the last 16 games and do my part, and then in the offseason, really, it's just sit back and let the team or other teams let you know that they want you.

I think Inter have been very clear: if a good offer comes in, they have to let me go. They don't want to lose me, but there is a chance they will let me go.

One of the things about the NBA is anybody could be traded.

Our job is to play basketball, not worry about trades.

In 2006 I ended up at Chelsea on a free transfer, so Bayern did not see a euro for me.

There are maybe four or five teams who will pay whatever they need to pay to get the player. They are huge sums, but that is the world we now live in - when one of those four or five teams want a player, then they usually get them.

The decisions related to recruitment are all taken by football experts. My involvement is signing off the money.