Szczensy Signs With Juventus From Arsenal For €12.2M
Juventus have completed the signing of goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny from Arsenal for an initial fee of €12.2million. The Poland international has signed a four-year contract with the Serie A champions after undergoing a medical on Tuesday. The value of Szczesny's transfer could eventually rise to €15.3m depending on certain conditions being met over the course of his contract. Szczesny has spent the past two seasons in Serie A on loan at Roma. He joined Arsenal from Legia Warsaw as a youngster and went on to make 181 appearances in all competitions before the arrivals of David Ospina and Petr Cech left him looking elsewhere for first-team opportunities. Szczesny's path to the starting XI at Juve is likely to be blocked by an all-time great, with Gianluigi Buffon preparing for a career swansong in 2017-18. "I'm delighted to be at Juventus," he told a news conference. "I've spoken to Gigi Buffon – a true legend of the game. "When you j...