The Polish striker was interviewed by Canal Plus+ Poland on the Camp Nou pitch during Barcelona's La Liga title celebrations following the 2-0 El Clásico victory over Real Madrid, speaking with notable seriousness about a question that would usually invite a celebratory deflection.
"We'll see. I'll probably wait for various options to appear and then decide what's best for me and my family. So there'll probably still be a wait."
Asked whether sporting ambition or family life was the more important consideration, he declined to separate them.
"You can't separate one from the other because everything is important. I think in the end it's about choosing what we feel is best. And that's the direction we'll go."
Lewandowski, who turns 38 in August, reflected on a season in which muscle injuries restricted him to a secondary role in Hansi Flick's system. He spoke without bitterness about the sidelining.
"Sometimes I understood the decisions, depending on the match. Other times, obviously, I wanted to play. The season was long and I had muscle problems early on — one, two, even three small injuries stopped me, especially at the beginning. Then I had to find my rhythm again, and that also takes time. It wasn't easy, but I was always ready and always wanted to play. That's natural for me."
He acknowledged the unexpected upside of reduced minutes.
"There are also advantages when you rest and don't play as much — you have more energy in daily life. And I value that too."
He attributed Barcelona's title win to consistency rather than brilliance.
"We maintained a very regular level and we won those matches against rivals where, theoretically, we should not have dropped points. Those tight games, difficult ones away from home — we came away with points there. Those points accumulated and in the end gave us the title."
Juventus and AC Milan are among the clubs tracking Lewandowski's situation. Teammate Wojciech Szczęsny's joke at his compatriot's expense — advising him to retire because that is when the best offers come — now seems rather prescient.