Barcelona officially announced today, Wednesday, that it has signed Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, bringing him back from retirement.
Barcelona decided to include a “free substitute” (a player not associated with any team) to replace its goalkeeper Ter Stegen, who suffered a serious knee injury that will keep him out until the end of the season. The conditions were applied to Szczesny, who had announced his retirement after his contract was terminated by mutual consent between him and the Italian Juventus at the end of the season. Last season.
Szczesny (34 years old) retracted his decision to retire so as not to miss the opportunity to play for Barcelona.
FC Barcelona said in a statement published on its website: “The Spanish FC Barcelona and goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny have reached an agreement regarding his inclusion until June 30, 2025.”
Szczesny is one of the English sons of Arsenal after he moved to it in 2006, and he is only 16 years old.
The Polish goalkeeper remained with Arsenal for eight years, during which he went out on loan to Brentford and Roma, before his final departure to Juventus in 2017.
Over the course of his professional career, Szczesny won three titles with Arsenal, before winning eight more titles with Juventus.
At the international level, Szczesny played 84 matches for his country, Poland.
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