With 119 goals in 191 appearances, placing him 14th on the list of the club's all-time leading goal scorers, finding a successor for the clinical Pole will be no easy task for the Barcelona board. Flick admitted that the club's scouting department is already looking toward the future, though he acknowledged the difficulty of the search ahead of the summer transfer window.
"It's clear that it's not easy to find someone of Robert's calibre. He's a fantastic professional and a great person. We'll miss him, but we need to renew the structure," Flick explained. He further noted that the club has the necessary window to find a replacement: "We have time to fill his spot. He deserves a proper send-off. He'll be a starter, he deserves it. We'll look at the market. We have time."