The incredible season of Wojciech Szczesny in Barcelona will break more new land this weekend at Rivalen Girona.
The former International Van Polen fought through a tough start of life to become the first choice -to be goalkeeper in Barcelona, and he started delivering his versions in 2025.
After a seasonal injury to the first-choice stop Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Hansi Flick made the daring movement to retire Szczesny, and the call looks increasingly cunning.
After surviving the first furore about dropping Inaki Pena ALS no. 1, to relieve Szczesny in the starting line, both manager and player pick the benefits.
Barcelona has contacted the Szczesny camp to try to convince him with an extension for next season and possibly in 2026/27-but the last call will come to the 34-year-old.
His shape has been a cornerstone for Flick and Barcelona's push over three fronts in recent months prior to a key La Liga match in Girona on March 30.
Barcelona returned from the international break with a routine 3-0 win over Osasuna-Om to stimulate their lead at the top of the table, but they have to go again this weekend.
Of 17 games that are played in all matches, Barcelona did not lose a match with Szczesny who starts between the posts, with 15 wins and two draw.
A clean slate against Osasuna means that more than half of those games have a shutout for Szczesny and if he avoids, the Girona defeat is held a different barrier.
March 30, 2024 was the last time that Szczesny lost a club competition – during his time at Juventus – as a characteristic of his career – this season.
The new role of Szczesny, and the incoming return from Ter Stegen to full fitness, can mean the end of Pena's Barcelona career this summer, because he wants to continue looking for a first team role elsewhere in La Liga.
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