Wojciech Szczesny has signed a brand new two-year contract with Barcelona, protecting him on the membership till June 2027, Softfootball can affirm.
The Athletic reported that the 35-year-old, who initially joined Barça as a free agent in October 2024, two months after asserting his retirement from skilled soccer following the expiration of his contract at Juventus, has chosen to increase his keep at Camp Nou from subsequent season.
The transfer got here as a short-term resolution following Marc-André ter Stegen’s season-ending knee harm, however Szczesny has since established himself as first-choice underneath Hansi Flick.
Barcelona supplied Szczesny a two-year extension, regardless of lively curiosity in Espanyol goalkeeper Joan Garcia, who they’ve now signed. The 24-year-old arrived after the Catalan membership triggered his €25 million launch clause following a powerful particular person marketing campaign with Espanyol, who completed 14th in La Liga.
Whereas Garcia is seen as one for the long run, Szczesny’s renewal ensures continuity and expertise in aim as Barcelona navigates a posh summer season of monetary and squad restructuring. The way forward for membership captain Ter Stegen, who missed everything of the 2024-25 season with a ruptured patellar tendon, stays unsure. Barcelona can be open to his departure as they give the impression of being to ease wage constraints imposed by La Liga.
Szczesny displaced Iñaki Peña, initially Ter Stegen’s substitute, within the second half of the marketing campaign, beginning 30 video games in 2025 throughout La Liga and the Champions League. Peña, a product of La Masia, made 23 appearances throughout all competitions earlier than the winter break.
Internationally, Szczesny was capped 84 occasions by Poland, showing in seven main tournaments, together with Euro 2024, the place he performed two of his nation’s three matches.
A product of Legia Warsaw, Szczesny joined Arsenal in 2006 on the age of 16 and made 181 appearances for the north London membership. He received back-to-back FA Cups in 2014 and 2015 earlier than spending two seasons on mortgage at Roma and finally becoming a member of Juventus completely in 2017.
He went on to make 252 appearances for the Turin facet, successful three Serie A titles and eight main trophies in whole. His departure final summer season got here after Juventus signed Michele Di Gregorio from Monza as his long-term successor.
Because the switch season will get thicker, Softfootball earlier reported that Liverpool’s talisman Luis Diaz is eyeing a Barcelona transfer forward of the brand new season.
FC Barcelona’s long-standing goal, Luis Díaz, has as soon as once more expressed a powerful want to affix the Blaugrana, with the Catalan giants now reevaluating their choices after their transfer for Nico Williams fell aside spectacularly.
Inside sources say that the Colombian winger’s camp quietly stored the Barcelona dream alive, regardless of the membership publicly prioritising Williams over Díaz.
