Wojciech Szczęsny’s brother talks about a transfer to Barcelona. “He had more offers.”
Wojciech Szczęsny will soon make his debut for FC Barcelona. It turns out that the Polish goalkeeper could not complain about the lack of offers before joining the Pride of Catalonia.
The information about Wojciech Szczęsny’s return to the pitch excited the fans. At the end of August, the 34-year-old announced his retirement. Previously, Juventus terminated his contract by mutual consent. Previously, the Pole spent seven years in this club, where there was no shortage of successes. Initially, Szczęsny decided to leave professional football, even though there was information in the media that he had offers from other clubs.
Szczęsny’s brother talks directly about the transfer
However, a completely surprising scenario appeared in the life of the 84-time Polish representative. The long-time goalkeeper of FC Barcelona, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, suffered a serious injury and the Pride of Catalonia was left without a top-class goalkeeper. Inaki Pena stood between the posts, but many fans do not see him as a player who would ensure safety. Blaugrana decided to approach Szczęsny and persuade him to come back from sports retirement.
Catalan journalists immediately made it clear that the Pole could join the club. At the end of September, everything became clear. Szczęsny did not want to say no to a brand like Barcelona. His brother spoke eloquently on this subject.
– I know that Wojtek actually had more offers before FC Barcelona approached him. The situation was such that he followed the principle – I will think about it if the biggest clubs in Europe apply. It wasn’t like if the giants came, I would go straight away. He needed some time to think, said Jan Szczęsny in an interview with sport.tvp.pl.
– Due to the size of a club such as FC Barcelona, we had to consider such an offer. You can’t ignore something like this. I know that there were at least a few offers from other big clubs, but they were rejected almost immediately, he added.
Ready to debut in Barcelona
Now the team led by Hansi Flick faces a marathon of prestigious matches. It all starts with a match against Sevilla (October 20). Three days later, Barcelona will play against Bayern Munich in the Champions League, and on October 26 they will come to Madrid to meet Real. It cannot be ruled out that in each of these three hits we will see Wojciech Szczęsny, who is ready to make his debut.
