Bayern Munich's 5-0 victory over Wolfsburg on Saturday afternoon was especially important to Robert Lewandowski, who continues breaking records.
The Polish forward netted twice at the Allianz Arena and in the process, took his career league goals count to the 200 mark.
His career began in his homeland in the modest surroundings of Znicz Pruszkow and he gave an indicator of what was to come from him by plundering 36 goals in 59 games.
That form continued at Lech Poznan, when he featured in 58 games and scored 32 times, which earned him a move to Borussia Dortmund, where he scored 74 times in 131 matches.
Since moving to Bayern Munich, he has netted 58 times, with 11 of those coming this season in Bundesliga action, while he has 19 in all competitions so far this campaign.At the time, the move would have pulled up no trees in the game, as Arruabarrena was just the latest Spaniard to head abroad, but what is less well known is that the Polish club's other striking option at the time was none other than Robert Lewandowski.
Now one of the best strikers in the world, the Bayern forward played for Legia B team in the 2005/06 season, but left the following year to join Znicz Pruszkow, where he was top scorer for two consecutive years.
It was there that several clubs showed an interest in signing him, including Legia.
The capital club already had another player in mind, however, in the form and then-Tenerife striker Arruabarrena, and upon completion of the deal contacted Znicz to drop their interest in Lewandowski.
"You can sell Robert to whoever you want. We have Arruabarrena," Miroslaw Trzeciak, Legia's sporting director, told Znicz.
Lewandowski eventually moved to Lech Poznan, where he impressed sufficiently to earn a transfer to Borussia Dortmund in 2010.
The rest, on that score, is history.
Arruabarrena, meanwhile, managed just 10 appearances, scoring no goals, before returning to Spain with Eibar.
A case of what might have been for Legia, then, who will no doubt be kicking at themselves as they watch Lewandowski banging in the goals across Europe.
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