Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski will make his debut at the Dubai International Sports Conference on Sunday. The Poland international, the newly crowned Fifa men’s player of the year, has been confirmed as one of the guest speakers at the event, which takes place at Armani Hotel in Burj Khalifa. Lewandowski will also be present at the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards that follow directly afterwards at the same venue, where he is nominated for best player of 2020 alongside Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. This year’s Dubai International Sports Conference, organised once more by Dubai Sports Council, will be run under the theme “Football at the Summit” and feature a number of prominent names from the football world. Announcements on other speakers and attendees are to come this week. Held since 2006, Sunday’s event will take place with strict Covid-19 precautions and protocols in place, as mandated by Dubai’s Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management. Lewandowski, 32, is favourite for the best player award, since he arrives in Dubai on the back of a superb year, both individually and with Bayern. The prolific frontman, regarded by many as currently the finest “No 9” in the game, scored 55 goals in 47 matches last season to fire his club to a treble: the Bundesliga, German Cup and the Uefa Champions League. Lewandowski finished top scorer in all three competitions. His fine form has continued into this campaign, with Lewandowski notching 17 league goals to once more help Bayern to the top of the domestic standings. Last week, he was named Fifa’s men’s player of the year, ahead of Ronaldo and Messi. In winning, Lewandowski became the first Pole, and the first player representing a German club, to land the award since its inception in 1991.
