The goalkeeper on whom the goal was fixed Barcelona to cover the loss of Marc-Andre Ter Stegenwhich could remain in dry dock for over a year, is perhaps the most controversial meta of all, Wojciech Szczesny. The Pole, who shares a great friendship with Robert Lewandowskihas had several controversial episodes throughout his career, including one that is very frowned upon in the world of football: smoking.
Szczesny had decided to retire from the world of football this summer after no less than seven seasons in the Juve. THE European Cup it finally took Spain It was the last tournament that the goalkeeper played with the Polish team, where he played the two matches that he lost in the group stage. Poland and that they condemned her to be the last of the group and eliminated at the first of the change.
At 34, he had decided to leave football this summer, as he did and announced, although this opportunity seems to have changed his plans. In the shortlist of free goalkeepers or, like this one, recently retired, the option of the Pole is the one that most seduces the sports management culé to avoid getting his fingers caught in the goal this season, with Inaki Grief and young players astralaga And kitchen as alternatives.
But let it be the best option that the Barcelona replace Ter Stegenwith other names on the table like Keylor Navas, Claude Well done or even Sergio Richdoes not mean that it is an ideal option. Wojciech Szczesny A major scandal has been following him for years. The Pole made a name for himself in England in the ranks of the Arsenal and that was where Arsene WengerAt the time, his coach scolded him when he surprised him in the team’s locker room. gunners with a cigarette in his hand, smoking.
Smoking was, for a long time in the world of football, something common, nothing crazy to see. It was a different time and football has become extremely professional, eliminating any aspect that disrupts the maximum performance of athletes in which, obviously, smoking does not do them any favors (and anyone!).
It was during his stay at Arsenal when he was caught smoking on one occasion, which led to Wenger to throw the cross at him and cause him to leave. He was fined 25,000 euros. Szczesny initially left for the Rome where he spent two seasons on loan and eventually moved to Turin, Juvein 2017 after payment of 12 million euros to gunners. Since then, he has been the team’s starting goalkeeper. white cones but during all this time it seems that this vice has not disappeared.
It should be recalled that in June 2021, before a Spain-Poland which had to be disputed in Seville, Wojciech Szczesny He was caught lighting a cigarette and with a packet of tobacco in his hands in the middle The SunSome controversial photos that went around the world and showed that the vice discovered during his time at Arsenal, caught with a cigarette in the dressing room showers after a defeat against Southamptonhad not disappeared. Now, with a feint retreat, he can reach Barcelona with the controversy on his back.
