Source: Szczesny to sign two-year Barça deal

Veteran goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny is acceptable to motion a caller two-year declaration with Barcelona imminently aft helping the nine triumph a home treble past season, a root has confirmed to ESPN.

Szczęsny, 35, revealed successful May that Barça had offered him a caller woody but said helium needed clip to see the proposal.

Barça person since signed goalkeeper Joan García from Espanyol for €25 cardinal ($29.4m), portion Marc-André ter Stegen remains astatine the nine arsenic well, but Szczęsny volition inactive widen his stay.

Iñaki Peña, meanwhile, who was antecedently Ter Stegen's deputy, is unfastened to a transfer, sources say.

Szczęsny came retired of status to articulation the nine past October and wanted to determine with his household whether they would stay successful Barcelona oregon instrumentality to Marbella, successful the southbound of Spain, wherever they had been surviving since helium hung up his gloves.

The erstwhile Arsenal goalkeeper volition present vie with García and Ter Stegen for the No.1 berth astatine Barça, though sources person told ESPN the nine stay unfastened to letting the second leave.

Szczęsny initially joined Barça connected a short-term woody astatine the extremity of past twelvemonth aft Ter Stegen was injured successful a LaLiga crippled against Villarreal.

After taking No.2 stopper Peña's spot successful the team, helium went connected to marque 30 appearances nether Hansi Flick, helping Barça triumph LaLiga, the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Supercopa.

During that time, helium has go a fans' favourite, successful portion owed to his consciousness of humour and his honesty astir about issues, including the information helium is simply a smoker. However, portion helium has made airy of smoking astatine times, helium besides told ESPN that helium would impulse others not to travel his lead.

The erstwhile Poland planetary started his nonrecreational vocation astatine Arsenal, going connected to person indebtedness spells with Brentford and Roma earlier signing for Juventus successful 2017.

After 7 years with the Italian giants, helium announced his status from shot successful 2024, reversing his determination erstwhile Barça called past October.