Leaves a sour taste in the mouth
Wojciech Szczęsny
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran are here to talk about a frustrating 2 points dropped at Crystal Palace. They then discuss the regeneration of Old Trafford. Finally, Nik is joined by special guest Michael Statham from the Football Oranje podcast - who gives us a more in depth look at our EL opposition FC Twente, and then runs through the (many) Dutch connections currently at United.
He has always been garbage, not sure how he stayed at Juventus for so long.
Retired at the age of 34 following the end of contract at Juve. There was plenty of talk about interest from Saudi Arabia, but it seems he’s had enough. Good keeper for Poland, although I always rated Fabiański a tiny bit higher and thought Szczesny had a better career because of the head start (famous GK father, Arsenal academy) rather than pure ability
He was mostly a very solid keeper, with some minor ups and downs.
He was great in the 8-2, all I will ever remember from him.
Funny character, shite keeper.
Funny character, shite keeper.
Legend of the Polish NT?
most people i talk football with cannot stand him and feel Fabiański was robbed for not playing moreThat's a relief, I worried this was going to be a weird bump about us signing him
so he's retired but there's plenty of rumours Barca might want to contract him for a year now that Ter Stegen is out injured
fabianski had been at arsenal 3 years before Szczesny made his arsenal debut. he spent a year on loan and then both played four years together at arsenal where Szczesny was the clear first choice. fabianski also had 20 caps before Szczesny had 2.
one guy was backup at arsenal and then a regular for swansea and west ham. the other was first choice for arsenal, roma and juventus.
Players have been brought out of retirement before...so he's retired but there's plenty of rumours Barca might want to contract him for a year now that Ter Stegen is out injured
I'm not saying it's something very unusual, but it all started as a groundless rumour due to his friendship with Lewandowski and now it can actually happen
Sliding Doors moment but I wonder if that would have been DDG if he had not opted to join Fiorentina.
Will they be able to register him?
I believe La Liga have a provision that you can sign a player outside the regular deadlines in the event of a long term injury.
I'm not sure if that rule only applies to Barcelona, however, as they're the only club I can recall taking advantage of said rule. They signed Martin Braithwaite outside the window for something like €30m some years ago.
Edit: just looked it up and it was €18m, not €30m
Appreciate the response.
I was referring more to their financial situation, didn't it take them weeks before they could register Olmo!
Saddest face in football.
or highest
Ah I see. Well I think the provision allows them to essentially unregister Ter Steven, thus opening up a clear path to register Szczesny.
It would be pretty funny if they sign him to a contract only to realise they couldn't afford to register him and had no way of generating the income to do so though!
Is he going in as backup to whoever their 2nd choice is, or is he going in to be 1st choice?
Didnt La Liga say no to Leganés using the same rule to sign a replacement for Braithwaite, so yes possibly a Barca only rule
I assume he'll be first choice, based solely on the fact that the current backup, Pena, had a run of games last season and was pretty poor.