Two months since signing Szczesny, still not published

Wojciech Szczesny34-year-old Polish international goalkeeper who took off his gloves days after announcing his retirement when he received the call from FC Barcelonastill hasn’t played a minute two months after his signing was made official. On October 2, the Barça club reported the acquisition of an experienced former goalkeeper from Arsenal, Rome and Juventus to cover the loss for the entire season Marc André ter Stegenseriously injured. Today, December 2, marks two months since his incorporation, although at this moment Szczesny He was only able to participate in training and in some institutional club events, such as the one that took place at the Liceu on Friday to commemorate 125 years of FC Barcelona’s existence. The coach was asked about his plans on Monday Hansi Flick The preview of the match in Mallorca was used to prove that Iñaki Peña He is now their starting goalkeeper. “Now I have no plans to change the goalkeeper, Iñaki is the starter,” he said.

Since they did not have a team, Barça did not think much of proving the signing of a goalkeeper with experience in big teams. Between the damage of Ter Stegen and the signing of Sczesny 10 days passed. His 84 caps is also an endorsement.

In numbers, Barça have scored 16 goals in 20 games so far this season, 5 out of 6 games played by Ter Stegen as a starter and 11 out of 14 defended by Iñaki Peña. The youth player has, therefore, a better average (0.78 goals per game) than the one signed by the German international at the beginning of the season (0.83). In those 20 official matches, Flick’s team kept a clean sheet in four of them, three with Iñaki Peña (against Getafe, Alavés and Real Madrid) and one with Ter Stegen between the sticks (against Valladolid).