Wojciech Szczęsny is refusing to hold further negotiations with Arsenal over extending his contract. The 20-year-old admits he has received an offer from the club, but he waiting for assurances over his future.
Arsène Wenger confirmed on Friday Young Guns’ story from the Polish press that talks had begun over a new deal and that an offer had been made. However, with the finer details still to thrash out, Szczęsny has broken off talks with the club and suggested he will only sign if he is given a prominent role in the team between now and the end of the season.
In a candid interview with Polish website Przegląd Sportowy, Wojciech was asked how the talks were progressing with Arsenal.
“There was some offers, but I am not interested right now. It’s not that I don’t want to extend the contract, I just don’t want to hold talks at this point. I have enough money to live and I can’t complain about that, but I will only be happy if I play.”
“Everything depends on how many games I play. I admit that I want to play at Arsenal as long as they want me. If I can earn my place in goal I won’t even consider any other offers.”
The break down in talks will come as a surprise to Wenger, who appeared confident that he would tie Szczęsny down to a long term deal last week.
Wojciech has spoken about his desire to play in the Champions League if Arsenal secure early progression into the knock out stages. Whether the Pole gets the nod in games like that will be make or break in the fight to keep arguably the best young goalkeeper in the country.
Hope everything will be sorted out quickly & smooth for the good of Wojciech and Arsenal FC future.
I think what he needs to see is that almunia is no longer in the picture. if he can see that at worst he is number 2, then I think he will sign.
Oh Goodness.
Give him more games in the tin pot and the CL when we are qualified. If he odes well sell Manuel and promote him to either n1 or n2 behind Flappy.
Let him go then. Don’t need trouble makers. We’ll get mininum 3m for him in a tribunal. Bet he turns up at Manyoo.
@ Dan, i dont think he is a trouble maker, just impatient. He proved something last year on loan and he might have even impressed himself and built up a bit too much confidence. But at the end of the day he wants to play football. he’s not asking for more money, just game time and assurance that he will be in Wengers plans in the near future.
He should have gone on loan in the championship at least or top flight in another country.
Dont be silly. So you’d sell him now just because he’s more interested in playing time than money – as opposed to adebayor? This is Arsenal, that’s certainly right!, where you play if you are good enough, not about age, not the passport, right? Better to keep him unless you really love almunia.
Sorry Dan, I’m afraid I’ll have to disagree with you on this one as well. I don’t really see him as being a trouble maker. It just seems he is up front and honest, perhaps even too much. Bottom line is he loves Arsenal and wants to play here more than anything. But behind that is the fact that he loves football and wants to play, period. Whether he is good enough to play at Arsenal right this moment is perhaps unkonwn, however, it does seem apparent he is definitely good enough to play at the top level somewhere. And for any position game time is important to progress, but for a keeper, perhaps its even more vital considering only 1 can play at a time. He is just being honest in saying, he hopes he can play at Arsenal, but if he does not feel assured he will breakthrough, he will go to a place where he can play and make less money rather than a place where he can sit and make more. This is his career. He cannot force Arsenal to sign him and Arsenal cannot force him to sign. If he fulfills his contract and moves on, that is his decision.
@US of Arsenal
I want to see Szczesny sign on as well, but you can’t say that he “loves Arsenal” – if he did, he’d stay at Arsenal no matter what and would be happy with proving himself to Wenger, and earning his place. He’s basically said he’ll leave unless he’s given playing time; obviously that shows he doesn’t “love” the club as much as you think he does.
The thing is, he hasn’t proved himself at the very best stage, in big matches and against quality opposition. League One sides and a below-strength Newcastle (with Neil Ranger – really?) are hardly good enough to be considered quality opposition. So he is quite full of himself if he somehow thinks he’ll be no. 1 at one of the Big Four and which still are one of the most famous clubs in Europe.
Personally, I would much rather see goalkeepers who’ve actually proven themselves against quality opposition. Rene Adler, anyone?
At this point in time we cant afford to give a unexpierenced goalkeeper much game time. He should realise this. Fabianski has built up a fair amout over time and he is now playing well.
I fear wenger is going to lose out as he should have loaned him out and the start of the season. That would have kept him happy as he would be playing and he prob wouldhave signed a new contract.
You can’t fault his desire but at this point his ego is getting in the way.
Dan, a troublemaker? He just wants to play, no problem with that. He is the best goalkeeper at the club so we should be doing everything to keep him ffs.
No problem with him wanting to play but blackmailing the club into getting games is wrong. Threatening to leave for £0 if we don’t play him when the guy is 20 is wrong.
I don’t care how you look at it, he’s not bigger than the club, he’s a 20 year old hyped goalkeeper with a lot of potential. Nothing more at this point.
20 year olds don’t blackmail this football club. What’s to stop any young player doing that from now on. What if Afobe sees that and decides I’ve had enough of reserves football, play me or I’m never signing another contract.
Troublemaker’s can leave on the same boat that Adebayor did.
Most top keepers were playing regularly at his age, that’s how they became so good. You don’t improve your decision-making by benchwarming. Szczesny’s growth will be stunted if he doesn’t start playing week in week out.
I think he does genuinely want to stay but Wenger needs to take into account his concerns. Arsenal should promise to arrange a loan move for him to a top European league if he signs the extension.
I don’t like his attitude at all.
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Szczęsny MUST stay! At any cost. He is THAT great. Almunia’s time is over. Make Szczęsny our nr2 and let him fight for the 1st spot.
Everyone is talking about Akinfeev, Neuer, Adler or LLoris, but we do have 2 young gk’s who will be great!
Just give Wojtek a chance and it will not be needed to spend 20m on Reina.
Wojtek can be our new Seaman.
New Seaman? Great? How many times have you seen this kid play? Has he played against quality opposition; the likes of Real Madrid, Manchester United, Chelsea or even Liverpool or Sevilla? I realize you might be biased in his favour because he’s your countryman, but he has nowhere near proven himself at the top stage. He should be lucky he’s even considered for the no. 3 position at the club, let alone no. 1 (how positively hilarious).
We can’t make the same mistake like it was with Flamini.
And where is Flamini today? The problem with there players is that they forget they were nobodies before they came to Arsenal, and after one season of average performance they believe they’ve arrived. For WS to make a headway in his career, he needs to keep his head down and learn his trade, he can still play till he’s 40. Not every goalkeeper is gonna play at 20, in fact only few do, obviously he’s not one of them so he needs to bide his time.
Exactly. Do you know what Flamini is doing right now? He’s out getting doner kebab for Berlusconi and warming (and possibly cleaning) San Siro’s benches for Ronaldinho and Robinho. We don’t need his sort anywhere near our club.
Dan I thought I was the only one that had a horroble feeling he will sign for Utd or Chelsea lets hope not.
I think Wenger needs to sit down with him face to face as he is very special talent and as a result has a huge ego bordering on aggorance.
That said he should be told its between him and Fab. As Fab is on a good run at the minute he stays in goal but if he loses form or gets injury then Sczcensy gets a jersey and keeps it until he doesnt perform.
I think thats the best offer than can be made to him as it would be disrespectful to expect Wenger to bench Fab when he is playing so well.
I really hope he signs on and knew even with the news he was offer a new contract this one wont be straight forward, lets hope Wenger can win him over.
Nothing wrong with his attitude!
The boy has confidence and isn’t happy to just sit and wait. Fair play to him. We’d be stupid not to play him more. Almunia’s finished at Arsenal – nice guy but not good enough. Fabianski is having a decent run at the moment but there’s nothing wrong with letting Wojciech take over for a few games (cups and a few league games). He played well at St James Park and looks like he’s a future World Class keeper.
This boy is trouble if he don’t wante to stay and fight for his place he can leave he is 20 years old he is got 20 more years a head of him arsen will give him a chance even if has a trouable month arsen will stick by him if wasn’t for wenger half the team players wouldn’t hv made it to a top level
he should feel very lucky to have a manger who gives chance to youngester throurgh thick and thine times
arsenal already made who is now but to sy give me a chance or am gone, if can’t see this how lucky and he is the future of arsenal well he needs someone to wake him up
seriously is anyone surprised
WEnger took forever to Make demote Almunia
He will leave on a free and to be honest I can’t really blame him, he’s been treated like shit at the club, even when he first joined and playing for the u18’s for some reason he had to rotate in goal with the hopeless Butcher, Butcher would go on to cost us a place in the FA youth cup final, in the semi’s against Man utd he cost us three goals in one match, Chesney was on the bench!
Last year and before the worst ever professional goalkeeper ever to be on Arsenal’s books, Mannone was for reasons unknown considered 3rd choice ahead of Chesney, disgraceful!
This season after having proven himself in English football (something Almunia and Fabinaski haven’t done) at Brentford and having a great pre season he still finds himself at only 3rd choice despite the other two continuing to put in clown like performances.
Spot on son. And to think that because he has the temerity to want more games, people think he is blackmailing the club. What a joke.
@The Daddy
What like the clowns Almunia and Fabinaski have “earned” their place in the starting line up?
For God’s sake he is behind Fabianski in his country. There is too much hype behind this kid.
@The Daddy
Treated like shit? You clown. He went to brentford and despite the best efforts of the youtube arm chair pundits, he was OK, not fantastic and he was far from flawless vs Newcastle, yet it seems that his mistakes are overlooked simply to try and justify the hype.
He is a decent keeper and hopefully will be great, for us, but he is not ready and I dont think he is even suggesting he should be number 1, just to play a few more games than he had been.
Your post is hilarious in its stupidity.
The simple solution is beat Shaktar, then tell Wojciech he plays the remaining two CL games and the Carling Cup. Flappy gets the Prem games. Almunia gets sold and we either bring in a third string keeper, who is made aware he is third choice, or get Mannone back.
Dan what do you mean blackmailing? The fella is a top keeper and he wants to play games. How is that blackmailing exactly? And who said no one is bigger then the club? Whats that got to do with him wanting more games? The fella is mustard and wants reassurances that we will play more often which is fair enough. To compare him to Adebayor is a joke.
I don’t think that he is ‘holding the club to ransom’ as some have suggested he simply wants to know that if he signs a contract he’s not going to be ‘leapfrogged’ by a new January signing. I say give hime a chance in the Carling Cup and in some Champions League games (once qualified) to let him know the club are appreciative of his potential.
On the one hand no one is bigger than the club. Szczeny has to remember that Arsenal is an elite club that won’t be dictated too by a 20 year old.
On the other hand we simply cannot afford to let such a talent go!! Imagine Manchester United pick him for up for free as a replacement for VDS. That would be a disaster.
In any case, I put my trust 100% in Wenger..he’ll do whats best for the club and no one else. I reckon he’ll sign a contract.
THIS IS ARSENAL
AND NO 20 YEAR OLD IS GOING TO HOLD ARSENAL OR WENGER TO RANSOM
Fabianski has been faultless this season and Szczesny is never going to be picked before him
He will play in the carling cup games, maybe odd FA cup games and if we beat shaktar then in the last two CL games and if this isnt enough for a 3rd choice keeper then the guy can leave
I am sick and tired of him trying to hold arsenal to ransom.
@Andrew
“Fabianski has been faultless this season”
LOL! what a joke and Chesney making bold statements that he is clearly better than the hopeless Fabinaski and Almunia is hardly holding the club to ransom.
fine, tell me where fabianski scr@wed up horribly and ended up costing the game?
Szczesny almost got send off in the carling cup, if fabianski had made the same mistake you people would have been calling for his head
@The daddy
Ots dumb twats like you that make me embarrassed to be a Gooner, your arguments are based on nothing but your prejudice and shit you have read on other blogs. When Szczesny makes a mistake what then Einstein? Call him shite too?
Fabianski has fucked up in the past but has played well of late, to say that isnt true shows your true agenda.
You’re the joker
The kid is blackmailing Arsene. Not good. No club can garantee playing time in the 1st team for anybody. It must be earned.
tell him he’s no.2 and he will play in the carling cup, and fa cup and once fabianski fucks up he’ll be no.1…. end off!
I suggest that he has been tapped up via his agent. Just look for a top club with money who are know to be looking. If Chesney starts emulating the Cashleys and Hlebs etc then he must go. Sad to say that after all AFC do for mostly foreign players they show no loyalty at all. He should be absolutely chuffed that he is now second choice to fabiansky but his agent probably can earn more by unsettling him.
@GunerPete
People like you are a joke and make all Arsenal fans look bad, what Chesney is doing is completely in the right. Arsenal right now have the worst first choice and second choice keepers in all of the top flights put together yet if Chesney was to leave us in the summer he will easily find a top 30 club where he will be No.1, possibly utd, which would be a disaater. That’s the reality of the situation.
haha you’re an idiot
he is crazy if he thinks he can demand a 1st team place. He has to earn it and be patient.
@Arse&Nose©
What like the clowns Almunia and Fabinaski have “earned” their place in the starting line up?
@The Daddy
You seriously need to change that name. Unless its ironic.
This is what we thought Wenger would have done in Flamini’s case; at the end, Flamini left as a free man. The kid is good, let the coach give him a chance on Wed.
Holding the club at ransom is not right. Sign or don’t sign but this is ridiculous. Wenger already told the guy he will be our number 1 in the near future. What is wrong with these kids?
The young man must realize that one howler can destroy his infant career. Wenger has to make sure that should he play him more often the lad is mentally strong when he makes a mistake. We all know how our on funs are brutal to the players. He will have to learn the hard way!
Fantastic attitude. This man is the No1 GK for AFC. He wants to play football and unlike the greedy players a la Rooney is not holding us to ransom.
Besides this he is also a fantastic goalkeeper
Arsene Wenger is starting to have a back log of players eager to break into the first team and some who are just as eager to sustain their place in the first team. Give the youths a chance! if like Almunia we have seen the best that we are gioing to see from these players especially due to their age, then it is better to bring in new tallent that has shown that they can command a place.
The likes of Diaby, Rosie,Dennilson and even Arshavin should be looking shoulders with fear in their eyes.
After watching Chesney bossing around the defence and his confident heroic display against Newcastle I am convinced that he is the one and only!Lets not lose him it’s time for Wenger to get cold blooded in order to get consitant above average performances from our stars.
Excellent work once again. Do you think this is an old/rehash interview from WS ie; before AWs press conference on Friday or even done before the newcastle game. AW seemed very very confident he wanted to sign
he’s doin us a favour by fast tracking almunia’s departure, stop all this hate, hes just as worried as we are about almunia returning to the first team
may he should play next three champions league games bcoz we have already qualified
but i still dont like his mentality bcoz he is already thinking is great and above arsenal
well…
another crybaby…what is wrong with that lad ??….who is that fellah..do he think he can demand to play…dig down and keep fighting for a place ..then you will most likely succeed…..great talent..but the lad is not the brightest around….and if you keep up this charade..well then simply pack up and leave…
Bravo, I am sick and tired of these kind of players
if Fabianski had been making howlers and he still wasnt get a look in then I would have said he has a point
but Fabianski has been gr8 this season and deserves to keep his place.
He’s 20 has almost 20 yrs of playing time ahead of him waiting a season or two wont kill him
I would be interested to see which Premier League club will have him as their No.1
Will he get ahead of:
Friedel at Villa?
Jaaskelinen at Bolton?
Howard at Everton?
Van de Sar at United?
Kuszczak at United (who is ahead of him in the Polish National team too)?
Reina?
Gomes?
Al-Habsi?
Robinson?
Sorensen?
I cant see any Premier League club above or below Arsenal that would deem him worthy of risk as a Number 1. He can have assurances that he will be a Number 2 AT THE MOMENT! But it all depends on his countryman Fabianski’s performaces
These are not words for the media.
Wanting to play is all good BUT If you are not willing to fight for your spot then how can that be seen as a good thing?
He needs to stop sounding off in the media and keep fighting. One things is for sure if he plays great he will get his chance.
Seriously Lehman humbled himself so i cannot see why a child cannot, even if dissapointed.
Thats what youth brings anyway, he needs someone to tell him to be quiet and fight. If you have an issue speak to the manager.
Blessings!
Fabianski Should play Champions League and League as for Szczęsny give him FA Cup and League Cup
Sell Almunia this January and Mannone should be our 3rd GK
Smbody nids 2tel thz kid samtyms u r best heard wen u r quite,he nids 2stop thz loud mouth even if it is in his DNA cz coz th otha day I read tht his daddy ws a lyk 2much talkin.Loudmouthing neva wins u place in any team world ova.
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Why are yall hating on this kid.May somebody need to read the post very well.He’s not holding anybody to ransome,he just wanna play.How is he gonna fight for a place if he’s not given playing time? Its not about the money,he’s not asking to be first choice,if not he wouldn’t saying he should be given a chance in the champions league if we qualify early into the next round.We cant let this lad go,he bosses the goal area and very big too.
When Almunia and Fabianski made continual blunders in goal, they should have been dropped and Szczeny should have gotten his chance. The fact that Wenger has failed to drop Almunia and Fabianski when they have made crucial errors in goal, is why Szcezney is making such demands. That said, I agree with Maciek’s comments, no player should hold our great club ‘hostage’. Hopefully Arsenal will play the goal keepers he has according to merit and Szcezney will then sign a new contract seeing that he has a good chance to become 1st choice GK.
Your thoughts…
Anelka??????
and when Fabianski made those mistakes Szczesny was on LOAN at Brentford
i think he said he want to leave if he cant play not because he is impatient
maybe he know that wenger’s ego only can fight with EGO, so he go for it
wenger wont buy a newkeeper, and will only play almunia as our first gk
and now the conspiracy of almunia got injured, is he really injured?
maybe he know if he didnt threatened wenger like that, we cant play at all
it is the same with mannone, but now mannone go for loan, he is also complaining right?
think with ur brain mates
Some quick news: Afobe will be going on loan to Huddersfield for 1 month.
gr8 thanks for the news
I would be nice to see some more patience from him after all is has many years ahead of him. I dont think he is a trouble maker I believe he was told he would get chances and that has not happened so he feels betrayed and that looks like it gonna cost us.
Alumnia is not good enough for Arsenal and he should leave in Jan. Personally I would really like to see Szczensy in goal now…. yes him was abit lucky in the Newcastle game but his ability to deal with crosses is better than Fabinski otherwise they are quite simliar than said Wenger cannot drop someone who is playing well
If he wants to go then let him. He is a good prospect – but that’s all, he’s no less error prone than any other keeper at the club, or anywhere else for that matter. I think a decent performance at Newcastle has clouded many peoples judgement despite 2 howlers in that game that Kozzer and Eboue had to rescue him from. The lad is a talent, but like JET et al, he is not ready for first team action yet. Fab1 has finally established a decent run and experienced (and got over) errors made in high profile fixtures and the associated stick from the press and fans, yet a lot of you want him dropped for a 20 year old with a few decent games for Brentford under his belt? Crazy.
Lest you all forget, Paul Robinson looked like a god for half a season at L**ds. Let Fab have his run and if this kid wants to bitch and moan and stamp his feet, then let him. If he wants to leave then fuck him. If he wants to join utd or chelski then fuck him twice with cherries on top and an aids riddled cock because we don’t need some kid unsettling what is now a camp with spirit and a desire to play for each other and for us, the fans.
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Could it be that ches isnt as tall as reported everywhere i look up it says that he 6,5 (1.95m) tall but he definetly looked shorter than caroll and koscielny.
Does anyone know?
Sell Almunia
at last this will force AWs hand and get almunia out of the club
only a matter of time ’til flappy hashes up and then chesney is in goal
my bet is chesney will be no 1 in feb time
This boy is irritatin.i mean wts up wit him and runin to da press evrytym he is unhappy.too impatient!u guyz say he’s our best goal keeper,based on wat exactly?
“A very loud and sincere “good riddance” to you Mr. Skuznee!!!”
Those like you have come to our club before…super talented, whining, bitching, sissies who choose to attempt to blackmail one of the best manager in football rather than man-up and fight for a place like all super talented young pros do.
Just like Lassana Diarra, Owusu Obeyei, and Bentley, you will discover that your talent is not superior to our clubs structure.
Either wake up and smell the coffee or “Fuck Off!!!”
We have survived just fine without the others and you can rest assured we will survive without another ego-maniac pansy like you!
No player, especially not a stuck-up 20 year old is bigger than this beloved club.
Wise up son!!!
this id diffrent from Bentley
but he knows the players above him (Almunia) is pure shit.
Then he is left in reserves to do nothing
when he now threatens that when The Club decides to here is own part
trust me its annoying if yu where in his shoes
why sell almunia at this point?
ches just wants to play, so let almunia ride the pine, and loan ches out again. even though it’s less than ideal, i’m sure he’d be a shoe-in for a championship side, and he’d be able to play until he’d be sick. being number 2 won’t further his developement; playing will. that’s what he wants so give it to him.
I seriously hate when is see commenst like
” Noone is bigger than the team he is just 20 let him leave”
Do you know what it feels like to be treated like shit?
Go one hide from the truth. but we really have treated Tech9 like shit
Actually changed my mind. He is potentially our GK for the next 15 years!! And I’m sure the likes of MUFC, CFC, AC Milan will be more than happy to grab him for free.
Should do absolutely everything we can to keep him. If that means instilling him as club no. 2 and giving him all the cup games then so be it. Kick Almunia out once and for all…we cannot risk the loss of one of the best young GKS in Europe for Almunias ego FFS!!!
Who does he think he is? That’s not how a 20 year old goalkeeper should act. After this I hope we don’t extend his contract. This is definitely not better than what Rooney or other idiots did and we don’t need that crap.
Bye bye Mr chesney, you’re not wayne rooney and we won’t be held ransom to your demands. You’re 20, you’re a goalkeeper name one top level team who would take you at that age and make you their number 1.
You’re a great keeper and will maybe one day be one of the best, but patience is part of being a professional you chose the wrong position if you wanted to play early in a top level team.
Fabianski is 24 and is only now becoming a regular starter, he had huge mistakes, he had to wait behind arguably a lesser keeper to get his chance, he waited and now he’s being rewarded for his patience. He’s becoming respected and if he keeps up this form he will be loved and will go on to do great things.
It’s a pity you didn’t learn the lessons he’s had to. Perhaps technically you’re a better keeper, you may even be the best in the world on the pitch, I don’t know. But you’re lacking in commitment, patience and a professional attitude. Arsenal are one of the best teams in the world, all the other teams above us in the rankings and pay packets wouldn’t even have you as their number 2. And no one wants someone of the immaturity you have just shown. You’re not wayne rooney and we’re not man utd, have fun playing playing for teams that never challenge for any major honours, working, fighting and hoping some day teams will forget you’re an arsenal reject and actually give you a good job.
I think the youngman has bad advisors. He has not proven himself yet. A loan spell in the lower divisions was good for development but does not make him an automatic selection in the premier league.
Secondly, I am concerned that he is venting his frustrations in the media far too often. Negotiations are better managed behind closed doors and not with these online media outlets.
Third, he must realize that if he is to get to the top he must compete with the very best and beat them.
It seems to me that breaking off talks is like a veiled way of giving an altimatum to the club. It does not paint him in good light.
On the other hand he has to start thinking of his future because if Fabianski keeps improving and performing then he might be the first choice for the next ten years, given his young age.
He sounds like another Merida. No doubt they are good but no CL team will put him as their no 1. Hes just to young. Look at star man Hart he is 23!
@ bla bla, treated like shit?? If i got 20k a week to be no2 in a club like Arsenal id gladly be treated like shit! Id let people treat me like a dog for 5 years if i could get 20k out of it. Id be secure for life, never have to work again, just invest my money wisley and play on.
Oh and id rater have Almunia as a keeper in a CL final than a kid like Chesney. I mean AL maybe shit but chesley is a unproven kid which i in no way are willing to gamble our cups on. ATM Als experience makes him a much better option than Chesney. In two years it will be the opisit for sure. But AW would go out and buy a new keeper anyway this year if Al or Fab was not good enough. there were never a question of putting CHesney as no 1 in one of the worlds best clubs at the age of 19. 23 maybe but not 19. He just aint that good.
And so you remember what happened last time Almunia played in a CL final? Thats right he conceeded TWO goals at his near post.
And to the guy who said hes like Merida there is a big difference. Arsenal didnt need him as we were covered with young talent.
Our goalkeeping situation is a lot different. We have a rubbish 33 yr old who has always been crap. Fabianski who has played well recently but what happens if he loses confidence again. And Mannone had 1 good game in an Arsenal shirt. Everyone can see Szczesny is the best we got and if we lose him it will be a big waste of development on him.
@Arash if CHesney goes to anothe great club he wont get to play, both pool and City got better keepers, United will not put a 19 year old in their goal. No big club will. Chesney have to go down some notches to get play time.
These players who demand to play should look at “Diarra”,would not fight for his place left,now he is at madrid and he is asking to leave again because he is a spoilt brat who thnks he should play in front of anyone. AW will put the “KID” in his place
A very sensationalist article and headline. He has delayed further talks in order to focus on his football and in his own words “earn a place in the team”.
He wants assurances that he will play, and I’m sure that he will get them. He will continue to play in the Carling Cup, in the FA Cup, and he will most likely get two or three CL group games now that he have almost qualified.
He hasn’t behaved himself very well at all, he has a huge ego for such a young player and needs to learn some patience and humility. But I am confident he will sign soon enough. I believe what he really wants to know is, where in the pecking order will Almunia go when he returns to fitness?
what about the situation at Atletico Madrid? with De Gea? He is about Szczesny’s age and is a great keeper, I dont why we shouldnt give Szczesny a chance, Atletico has been starting De Gea for over a season now, Szczesny’s certainly good enough.
the problem is – here is a boy with the confidence of bendtner, yet with the super talent to match. and when he sees similar age players like joe hart play week in week out, he just cant hold back. its a tough one for AW. having gone for so long without really replacing the legendary david seaman, would he let go a player who could not just equal by even surpus the man? me thinks this is another rooney situation but with the motivation being more football, not the dosh.
Wilshere has signed long term ……..
The other day this kid said fabianski is a very good keeper so i dont think he wants to be number one i think he wants to be assured that almunia wont get the carling cup and fa cup games ahead of him
I’m not fussed, to be honest. If he stays, he stays. If he doesn’t, don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
Weird but I kinda hope he makes a clanger in one of the meaningless champs league group games. Just something to knock him down a peg and make him realise he still has a lot of work to do to be our no1.
that what J said ”
t’s easy to misjudge him as arrogant, but he knows what he is very good at and knows what he needs to work on. It’s rare to find somebody realistic about their talent in modern football.”
and that what i think about Szczesny. arsene should give him game time and he will prove himself.
many comments are hilarious. how much do people who claim that he is top class and better than Almunia/Fabianski really know about him? how often did they see him play? he made a very bad mistake in his first Carling Cup game which would have cost us a goal against a stronger side. It was an error due to his inexperience.
from what we have HEARD he is a great prospect. how many people would call for Wenger’s head if we loose this season because he put a 20 year old unexperienced keeper in the goal?
The same people who are on here criticizing Almunia are going to jump on Szczesny like kiev on a silver platter as soon as he makes a couple of howlers against Chelsea or Man Utd. Then they’ll jump on the bandwagon on the first youth prospect they see at the club who give in a couple of good performances against Watford or Milton Keyes.
We all knew Wenger’s stubbornness will sooner or later draw more victims. I’m fully backing Szczesny on this one. We all witnessed dozens of blunders by Almunia and Fabianski. Mannone did very well when he got a chance so perhaps he should be in front of Szczesny, but the two aforementioned blunderinhos surely shouldn’t.
So what happen when Sczezesny drops a clanger and makes a mistake? You gonna slate him too? Yep, thats what you will do you dumb fuck.
apparently this kid is so good that he could have played the season before last with his two broken arms in plaster….. a stupid self-inflicted injury caused by non-observance of gym rules…..
i hope he goes on to become arsenal’s greatest ever goalkeeper but his reputation has grown by not playing and then by youtube highlights of his loan at brentford.
as a youth team goalkeeper he was average and for those of us that made the trip to hull city in the youth cup a couple of years ago and witnessed him completely lose his bottle (we scraped a win despite his antics that night), doubts about his ability will persist until he has played well at the highest level for a sustained period.
Its incredible the way he is being lauded before he has even played a league game! Hopefully, the quotes attributed to him simply mean he wants to stay and wants to play; in the carling Cup team (which looks pretty mailed on) and if and when our journey in that competition is over, he can go out on loan, AFTER he has signed that new deal.
But seriously, some of the comments on here now and previously have been pretty embarassing to say the least.
all guys are saying here just confuses me and is very contradictory . . .a 20yr. Old g.k wants assuarances just to sign !and he never started a pl game ! how bout the next upcoming starlets all choose to follow thiz route ?would wenger have to sell the 1st teamers and assure the youngsters ?then wat bizness would we be doing ?all hypocrytes saying he being treated like shit are doing so because the team is on a roll otherwise we’d be hearing u stupendously claiming 4 wenger’s head.bitching how the project is failing and kids get you no cups RIGHT ? ?lets not get carried away by the good run and understand these kids have to come to a team that is already winning or else the you’ve won nothing for 5 seasons team will get to them and thats not the right pressure to inherit as a young player !GET IT PEOPLE !
It’s an interview on a Polish website so god knows how accurate it is. But if he persists with this attitude then all i can say to him is good luck in the future, at whatever club you end up.
What i still dont understand is wenger tried to buy a goalkeeper.
I just dont get it wenger been going on about having 4 quality goal keepers than tries to buy another one lol.
If wenger knew szcensy had a year to run why didnt he put him on loan to a championships side at the beginning and offer him a contract and the start of the year.
Szczesny holds the cards BUT PPL HES NOT LIKE ROONEY IE WANTING MORE MONEY HE WANTS TO PLAY.
I have got to say fair play, money isn the issu for him which is great.
I gota sneaky feeling wenger will play him tomorrow and rest fabianski we are practically through anyway
Will people please STOP the nonsense saying Wenger should have sent him on loan!!
It should be patently clear by now that the ONLY reason Szczesny was not sent on loan is that he has not re-signed a contract and has not seemed interested in doing so. In such a situaton, sending him on loan to play game after game is like putting him in the Shop window and saying “here Chelsea, man U, come and take this guy for free”!
And he is proving that here. One game in the league cup and he is acting like he is a world cup winner with nothing to prove.
If you ask me, he is scared of competing with Fabianski and he wants to run away. Fine, if he doesnt think he is good enough, okay, but at least be decent and make a deal with the club to get something back for you instead of pulling a Flamini.
Guy sounds like a dirtbag to me. I’d say wenger should play him one game only / vs Stoke. let them break his leg or hand or whatever,and then watch this little punk change his tune and realise that the safety of a contract is no small thing.
so what would be the difference in promising him all the time he wants, signing him up, then shipping him out on loan? no harm there, though perhaps it would’nt curb his attitude as much as you’re hoping.
it s pathetic some of the posting on the blog.This people don’t read the blog or don’t watch arsenal playing .
#First he doesn’t ask for more money , he asked for assurance to play so he is not greedy
#second all the idiot on the back of fabianski should maybe watch arsenal play instead of posting garbage .he earn number one on the last few weeks thank to excellent performance
Just wanted to thank Young Guns for its excellent reporting.
This is my first post here… I wish it was moderated. The amount of aggressive, name-calling posts are unfortunate.
In AW we trust. He can do it our managers way or the same as all those who made the mistake of leaving us in the past.
Those calling fabianski “flappy” fuk off and support someone else. If you cant slag off other teams players instead of your own your just plastic,
In attempting to blackmail the boss with the contract hold-out, Wojciech Szczesny is behaving like a young child rather than standing up and fighting it out for his role like a professional.
Wojiech’s behavior makes me appreciate Lukasz Fabianski. Despite relentless abuse by his own fans, Fabianski maintained his dignity and a positive attitude and went about the business of improving his game like a man. He is now exhibiting the kind of goal-keeping one would associate with a club of our stature and quality.
I would also like to remind people about James Shea. He has lived in the shadow of the Szczesny-hype machine for a couple of years. I have been watching him on Arsenal TV with the u-18’s and with the reserves this year and his development is coming along very well. I am in no way suggesting he is in Szczesny’s class because that does not appear to be the case. The jury is still very much out on how far he can go but I have great hope that this young man will develop into Arsenal quality keeper. He comports himself like a strong professional and seems to have great respect for the club.
I would also like to refer people to the comments made by young Jack Wilshere upon signing a new contract with the mighty Arsenal. His words reflected love, respect, pride, and appreciation for chance to be an important member of this great club.
Wilshere and Szczesny are both gifted young footballers. Wilshere (still only 18) comports himself like a man, while Szczesny (though 2 years older) carries on like a prize bitch, throwing his little “contract tantrum” and trying to blackmail the boss into playing him.
Many seem to think Szczesny will develop into a world class goalkeeper. Maybe… Maybe not… We still haven’t seen enough of him playing at the highest level regularly to know how great the kid is. Right now he is a 20 year old player with absolutely zero Premier League starts who is trying to bully one of the great managers in the game into putting him on the field. Think about that for a few moments…just let it sink in…it’s crazy! Kind of hard to get your head around it really. The kid is 20 and hasn’t even played a game in the Prem and he’s threatening to leave over playing time…HaHaHaHaHa!!!!!
To Wocheck and all his deluded supporters, verily I say unto thee…get a fucking grip on reality!
You must do absolutely everything in your power to keep the lad, he will be world class one day, it’s easy to see.
I wish Man Utd had such a player. We just produce shit.
We have no ambition. :(
I think his attitude is wrong and he should really do better.
If he wants to go, he can… he is not the only excellent player in the world be sure of that. There are other young players coming up.
The club cannot give him the type of guarantee he wants for the simple reason that he may not agree with the bosses opinion as he has earlier stated, saying that they lied to him about the amount of playing time he will get! His interpretation of plenty of playing time and theirs relative to his other colleagues is different!
Almunia is senior to him in pecking order as i think are fabianski and Manone… maybe one of them will be sold, eventually Almunia may have max 2 years to go in his contract… manone may likely move on and that will bring him to number 2 in the next 2 years maybe earlier. that is a worst case scenerio he must live with! or else he may have to find his way to any other club giving him betteroptions.
he should think of Diarra though… It never pays to give ultimatums to your manager. Diarra did that at Chelsea, moved on to eventually end up in Madrid. Lo and behold, Mourhino is his manager again! he could have stayed on in arsenal, just be patient and would have been key in the midfield now!
Dont even think about compareing this kid to De GEa. De Gea is class. He is a nice humble lad that waited and took his chance. He is not a egocentric asshole that thinks he deserves to be no1. If Fab fucks up we wont relie on a 19 year old. We wil try to go back for Reina or for another socalled “world class keeper”. We already gambled enough with keepers in this club and AW knows that. HE does not wanna gamble on a overconfident cocky 19 year old for no1. No if FAb does not work out we will go out in the market again and try to find someone with proven credentials. Chesney is a long term solution, just like Smalling is a long term solution for United. Or Kuzak is for united. The short term is either Fab or a world class from outside.
anyway who cares if he leaves we got Mannone and hes just as good and just as talented, he just aint a dick….
And there is a huge comparasion to Merida. Cos chesney faces competition from Fab and it may well take 3 yeqrs before he gets to be no1. then he is Joe Hart age.
oh and btw.. DE Gea is not in a TOP TOP CLUB. his club plays euro leage and is not no 1 in spain. they dont fight for trophies on 4 fronts, theyll be glad if they win anything at all, nobody can expect atletico to ever threaten anyone. He would be WDS understudy in United for 2-3 years before he became no1. and that would make him hmmm.. 23 years????
You cant guarantee anybody playing time, especially not to a pimpled faced 20 yr old who, while a great talent, cannot reliably catch the ball. This is Arsenal, not Stoke city – and hell Begovic cant get lowly Stoke to let him use them as a live training ground. You do that sort of thing on loan at a lesser club.
Joe Hart at 20 did not blackmail anybody. He signed a contract, went out on loan and proved himself. Look at him now.
let Szcsnesy either accept the terms of the learning process required or go. You keep a punk like this and he will be pulling this nonsense every time his contract come up.
Assurances my foot. Nobody has assurances in life just like that – you EARN them.
I think Almunia is out of the picture now. No way that Wenger will let the Spaniard play the CC, CL and FA cup games from Szczesny now that Fabiansky has effectively taken over as no. 1. Im sure he will get some 10 games or so before the season is over and then it is up to him to prove himself worthy of challenging Flappy. It usually only takes a couple of mistakes from Arsenal no. 1 for the keeper to magically injure himself, giving the no. 2 a chance in the team.
i love to see sczsc boy playing for arsenal for long time. if he dont want to sing contact then let him go…arsenal have choice now…we can buy good goal keeper..if he leave us…
Its easy to confuse his confidence for arrogance.
If more footballers these days moved clubs to guarenteed first team football as opposed to moving for more money (Adebayor!) then the footballing world would be a better place
It’s pretty obvoious that Adebayor had been guaranteed both, only to find that wasnt true. Not only is he not starting but it wont be long before the club starts “encouraging” him to leave for any non-English team that will pay a huge transfer fee, even if Adebayor has to drop salary.
Mercenaries want guaranteed starting places and chase every last penny. Real men knuckle down and prove what they are worth. You dont hear the likes of Nasri or Rosicky or Wilshere whining about starting or not. They just put their heads down and work.
good news asbout jack signing on but szezcney needs to be signed on aswell his by far the best gk we have and he will be good for about 14 years
I really hope that Arsene gives him playing time in the next CL match and dumps Almunia!!
What a caracter! Hope he turns out be as strong as a goalkeeper. I like this guy! Tough and ambitious, focused on doing everything possible to make it. Thats what we need in goalkeepers. If AW means what he’s said about Chazzers ability then he should give the young pole some match time. He cant demand to be nr. 1 quite yet though, but I doubt that is what he means.
Why should Chesney get CL time? If there is one keeper in our team who needs all the experience he can get, then it is Fabianski. He will be the one who will be in the goal in the later CL stages, not Chesney.