Polish Wojciech Szczesny agreed to listen to Barcelona’s offer to sign as a reinforcement and cover Ter Stegen’s absence
BARCELONA — The Polish Wojciech Szczesny could become in a short period of time new goalkeeper of the Barcelonataking the place of the injured Marc-André ter Stegen and as direct competition for Iñaki Peña, who makes his debut in goal for the Blaugrana this Wednesday against Getafe.
Szczesny34, is considering reversing his retirement and file by the Barça Because, he admitted, “it would be disrespectful of me not to consider this option“.
Szczesny announced his retirement a month ago EFE
In a brief statement reported by the newspaper Sport, Szczesny, who was on holiday with his family in Marbella (southern Spain), did not want to take anything for granted but did show himself flattered by the interest of the Barcelona club, which he referred to in very glowing terms.
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“I have a lot of respect for Barça’s history because it is one of the best clubs in the world,” explained the former Polish international goalkeeper, who is very close to Robert Lewandowski and who also had words of encouragement for Ter Stegen.
“I understand the difficult situation that Ter Stegen’s injury has created,” he said, adding, in other statements to Mundo Deportivo, his wish that the German international has a good recovery: “I just hope that Marc recovers soon, he is a good friend, a great goalkeeper and I wish him the best.”
With the details of his possible signing yet to be finalised, Szczesny, who played 542 official matches between Brentford, Arsenal, Roma and Juventus since 2009 and another 84 with the Polish national team, preferred to stay out of any speculation, while waiting to hear the Barcelona club’s proposal.
