"Here We Go" Confirms Retirement Reversal → 35-year-old GK, who saved Barcelona for "Crazy Performance," is about to renew his contract!... "The closing stage."
"Here We Go" Confirms Retirement Reversal → 35-year-old GK, who saved Barcelona for "Crazy Performance," is about to renew his contract!... "The closing stage."
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Negotiations on the renewal of Wojciech Szczesny (35, Barcelona) have entered the final stage.
Fabrizio Romano, a reporter with the British media "Kurt Offside," who is fluent in the news of the transfer, said on the 1st (Korea time), "The agreement on a new contract between Szczesny and Barcelona has entered the final stage. Currently, only a few details are being coordinated, and only the player's signature remains. If the contract is signed, Szczesny will stay until June 2026."
In fact, the news of Szczesny's renewal is not surprising at all. This is because there have been reports that Barcelona has begun negotiations with Szczesny to extend its contract since last month.
Last month, Spanish media "Sport" reported that "Barcelona is close to extending a new contract with goalkeeper Szczesny. The player has already agreed on the basic terms of a one-year contract extension until 2026.
Currently, Barcelona is aiming for a treble by advancing to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League, leading La Liga, and advancing to the semifinals of the Copa del Rey. And at the center of that is Szczesny, who has reversed his retirement and returned to defend the goal.
Szczesny had originally announced his retirement after the end of the 2023-24 season.
During his retirement season, Szczesny was top-notch enough to play as Juventus' main goalkeeper. However, he decided to retire as soon as he heard that he had been excluded from the plan of Thiago Mota, the new coach of the team.
Under these circumstances, Barcelona, which had been struggling with the goalkeeper's problem, offered a surprise return to Szczesny.
Barcelona suffered a long-term injury at the beginning of the season, with its main goalkeeper Andre Ter Stegen (33), and only inexperienced Iñaki Peña (26) remained in the team.
When asked by his dream club, Szczesny withdrew from retirement and returned to the ground. He was losing ground to Peña due to lack of sense of play in the beginning, but he has been actively improving his condition through training.
He has secured nine scoreless matches out of 18 matches so far, and is solidly guarding Barcelona's last position. More than anything, his team has never lost in 18 matches (16 wins and 2 draws) in which he played.
In particular, in the recent UEFA Champions League (UCL) round of 16 SL Benfica, he allowed only one run, driving his team to the quarterfinals.
Among them, his performance in the first game was overwhelming. In the 22nd minute of the first half, center back Pau Kubarsi (18) led the scoreless game with eight saves despite the bad news of being sent off. 메이저놀이터
Although Szczesny was born in 1990, Stegen's return is imminent, Barcelona seems to have naturally pushed for a contract extension as he showed good performance.
In addition, the family's satisfaction with life in Spain seems to have affected the renewal of the contract.
"My family is happy, my son likes school, and my wife likes to stay here," Szczesny said in a recent interview, expressing his satisfaction with Barcelona life.