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Former Arsenal star Wojciech Szczesny reveals how he convinced Aaron Ramsey to sign for Juventus


Aaron Ramsey watched Juventus celebrate a seventh consecutive Serie A title on Sunday (Picture: Getty)

Former Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny told Aaron Ramsey there was no way he could turn down the opportunity to quit Arsenal for Juventus.

The Wales international bid a tearful farewell to the club he served with such distinction for 11 years earlier this month having agreed a move to the Italian champions back in February.

Ramsey was in attendance on Sunday to watch Juventus celebrate a seventh consecutive Serie A title and have the hamstring injury, which effectively ended his Arsenal career and will prevent him from playing in next week’s Europa League final, assessed.

Szczesny and Ramsey played alongside each other in the Arsenal teams which won consecutive FA Cups in the 2014 and 2015 and the Polish international is looking forward to being reunited with the all action midfielder who, the goalkeeper revealed, sought clarification on Juve’s plans to replace Max Allegri after his departure was confirmed last week.

Juventus celebrated the Serie A title in what was manager Max Allegri’s penultimate game in charge (Picture: Getty)

‘He came here for treatment, but here we have the best physiotherapists in the world, he told Gazzetta dello Sport.

‘I took him out for dinner one evening, he’ll be a great player for us. He’s a midfielder with a lot of quality, he’s very good positionally, he scores lots of goals and provides lots of assists.

‘When he’s fit, he’s one of the best and he’ll give us a big hand in achieving our objectives.

‘Whether he plays as a midfielder or No 10 depends on the new Coach. For me he can also play at right-back, since he defends very well.

‘Ramsey asked me what happened with Allegri, although In any case he would’ve started working with a new Coach.

Aaron Ramsey bid Arsenal a tearful farewell earlier this month following a glittering 11-year career in north London (Picture: Getty)

‘We talked to each other a couple of times before he signed for Juventus. He asked me for some advice.

‘I told him: ‘It’s easy. If Juve call you, you can only say ‘yes’.’ That’s how it went and it means Aaron listens to me.

‘He’s had five months to prepare and he’s already picked up a little bit. When I took him to dinner, he said more than just a ‘hello’.

‘He partly understood me and that’s a good basis to work from. I’ll take care of the rest to give him a hand.’





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