Lewandowski returns to Poland squad as captain


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - LaLiga - Levante v FC Barcelona - Esatdio Ciudad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain - August 23, 2025 FC Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski reacts REUTERS/Pablo Morano/File Photo

WARSAW (Reuters) -Robert Lewandowski will return to the Poland squad as captain, manager Jan Urban said on Friday, after the Barcelona striker quit the national team amid a row over the previous coach's decision to replace him as skipper.

Urban was named in July to replace Michal Probierz, who resigned in June amid the spat over his decision to take the captain's armband away from Poland's all-time top scorer and hand it to Inter Milan's Piotr Zielinski.

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