Cech Is Ready to Compete With Leno in Arsenal

DBasia.news – The competition to be the number one goalkeeper of Arsenal will be intense for this season. The arrival of Bernd Leno from Bayer Leverkusen worth £22,5M was the trigger.

Leno, 26, is not a new goalkeeper with underestimated quality. He has been 7 years playing as the goalkeeper for Leverkusen. He is consistent and joined the Germany national team by Joachim Low. Leno played six times for German.

There is no doubt about his performance. Leno is predicted to be the main goalkeeper of Arsenal this season, following the inconsistency of Petr Cech and David Ospina last season.

Ospina is predicted to be on the transfer list. So, the competition to be the Arsenal’s main goalkeeper would be for Cech and Leno. Cech has more experience playing in the Premier League since 2004, previously with Chelsea.

However, Cech is no longer young, he is 36. His performance is decreasing. Somehow he wouldn’t let Leno steal the position as Arsenal’s number one goalkeeper. Cech made his vow to get the position.

“I said from the start I want to stay and fight for my place in the team and I will honor my contract unless the club tells me to go,” Cech reported by Standard Sport.

“I am performing hard and training hard every day to be ready and be ready for when my opportunity comes. I want to show the manager I can be the starting goalkeeper.”

“And all the players do the same and I think it’s great for the team,” Cech added.

The intense rivalry between them can be seen by the performance statistic in the club last season. Leno who performed four times less compared to Cech’s 34 matches in the Bundesliga and Premier League, scored 9 clean sheets and 37 goals, while Cech 8 clean sheets and 47 goals.

Last season, Cech often made a mistake and own goals. He was better in saving with 1,66 points, compared to Cech with 1,19 points. Seeing their statistic, Emery will face the dilemma of choosing Arsenal’s main goalkeeper this season.