Arsenal’s Wojciech Szczesny rubbishes father’s remarks

Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny took to Facebook yesterday to distance himself from comments attributed to his father Maciej, stating he hasn’t spoken to his dad in two years.

Admitting he “really shouldn’t be dealing with this one day before the cup final”, an evidently exasperated Szczesny said that his father’s latest outburst “leaves me no choice”.

Maciej Szczesny, himself a former international goalkeeper, came out all guns blazing earlier on in the year when his son was dropped by Arsene Wenger amid a smoking scandal. The ex-Polish shotstopper slammed Arsene Wenger for ‘making things up’ and launched a barage of abuse at the club’s centre-back pairing of Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker.