Barring a surprise, Wojciech Szczesny will become an FC Barcelona player next week. The Pole would have already said "yes" to the Barça team after several approaches between the parties. The 34-year-old goalkeeper, beyond the financial issue, asked the club for sporting guarantees, since he is not, by any means, willing to come out of retirement to be Iñaki Peña's substitute at Barça. With his registration in the Champions League resolved, Hansi Flick will be in charge of managing the role of both goalkeepers.
According to information leaked by 'SPORT', the Warsaw player will sign as a free agent until June 2025, with a gross salary of 3 million euros. Barça can reuse 80% of Marc-André ter Stegen's signing to add another goalkeeper, so his registration will not be a problem. In fact, the club intends to take advantage of the wage bill released by the '1' to permanently register Dani Olmo, as long as LaLiga authorizes the operation.
Barça hopes to sign Wojciech Szczesny this Monday
Thus, Szczesny should land on Monday in Catalonia to undergo medical tests. If everything goes well, the former Arsenal, Roma and Juventus player will sign his contract on Tuesday and could be available next Sunday, October 6 at Alavés, the last day before the national team break next month. Before traveling to Vitoria, the culés will host Young Boys for the second day of the league phase of the UEFA Champions League.
Although the coaching staff has the final say regarding the hiring of Ter Stegen's replacement, the mediation of Robert Lewandowski could be decisive in resolving the arrival of Wojciech, since both spoke in the last few hours about it. Wojciech terminated his contract with Juventus last June, a factor that cleared the way for Barcelona to sign him.
Szczesny and Juventus still have issues to resolve
However, the Pole must resolve a pending issue with the 'Old Lady' related to his premature retirement. And the Turin team agreed to pay compensation of 6 million euros for the remaining year of the contract, but if the goalkeeper signed this season with another team he would have to return 2 of the 6 'kilos' paid by Juve. Szczesny has not played for almost four months (since the Euro Cup) and must get physically fit in October to return to action. Without a doubt, the next national team break will be very useful for this.