ARSENAL’S WOJCIECH SZCZESNY has been forced to apologise after his father wrote an online blog criticising the Gunners and their manager Arsene Wenger.
Goalkeeper Szczesny has struggled for form this season and has not started a Premier League match since January after losing his place to David Ospina.
And that forced his father – Maciej Szczesny – into writing a scathing piece on Wenger’s decision-making, while also calling for the club to allow him to leave for a team of similar stature.
“Mr. Wenger is simply not loyal to people,” he wrote. “He does not always keep his word and is not honest.
“In this situation, let him [Szczesny] depart, but only for a stronger team where he will compete with similar goals as Arsenal.
“He cannot go to Swansea like [Lukasz] Fabianski just to play, but to somewhere where he will be appreciated and not fall below a reputation which over the years has earned in London.”
That outburst has forced Wojciech Szczesny into putting his FA Cup final preparations to one side and ensure the club’s fans that his father’s views are not reflective of his own.
“Really shouldn’t be dealing with this one day before the cup final but my father leaves me no choice,” he wrote on his Facebook page.
“I have not spoken to him in more than two years and just like everybody else I have had enough of his idiotic comments about the football club and the manager I owe so much to.
“Therefore please do not consider his comments as my shared view. Thank you for your understanding.”
Arsenal face Aston Villa at Wembley tomorrow evening.
