Wojciech Szczesny since Sunday he has been mentioned as a candidate to take the place in the FC goal Barcelona. All because of a fatal knee injury suffered by the team's first goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen. The club was forced to choose between players remaining free agents. The most attractive among them was the 34-year-old Pole, but he ended his sports career a month ago. Who convinced him to come back?
Everyone speaks with one voice about Szczęsny's transfer. “He played a key role”
More and more people claim that it was a different representative of Poland Robert Lewandowskiwho started his third season at FC Barcelona. Italian journalist Nicolo Schira also pointed to our captain. “Robert Lewandowski played a key role in convincing Wojciech Szczęsny to return to the game and join Barcelona a month after ending his football career,” he wrote on the X portal.
This is also confirmed by the Spanish media, which emphasize that Lewandowski and Szczęsny have very good personal relations. – This summer, at the age of 34, Szczęsny decided to retire. The Pole's motive was not sporting, because he is in excellent shape, but personal, because he wanted to spend more time with his family, so it was not difficult to convince him. The possibility of living in Barcelona and the support of Lewandowski, who is his friend, turned out to be a very strong argument – reported the Catalan “El Nacional”.
The daily “Sport” also pointed out the excellent acquaintance of both gentlemen. Their relationship was described as “a wonderful weapon that FC Barcelona had to try to use to convince the goalkeeper”. The editorial office also pointed out that coach Hansi Flick had decided on Szczęsny from the beginning. The German values his skills and remembers him well from the friendly match Poland – Germany (1:0) from June last year, in which our goalkeeper had a great performance.