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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger denies he tried to sign Stoke City's Thomas Sorensen
Frenchman claims he did not make a move for the Danish shot-stopper...
9 Feb 2010 15:40:00
By Alan Dawson
Contrary to reports indicating otherwise, Arsenal did not push for a deadline-day deal for Stoke City goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen, according to Gunners boss Arsene Wenger.
The form of current Gunners stopper Manuel Almunia has been derided in the press and has been of concern for the club's fans of late, but Wenger has refused to criticise the Spaniard's wobbly performances.
When pressed as to whether the player whom he had been chasing to sign last Monday was the Potters glovesman, Wenger swiftly replied, "no," while speaking at a press conference ahead of the club's home tie against Liverpool on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Wenger recently lauded the ability and potential of Wojciech Szczesny, who is currently on loan at Brentford.
Following a number of solid performances in a Bees shirt, the League One outfit have continued to extend the 19-year-old Pole's contract and he will now not return until the Emirates at the end of the season.
"I really believe in him [Szczesny] that he will one day be Arsenal's No. 1," Wenger recently informed the club's official website.
"He has all the qualities you want from a goalkeeper. That means a good basic confidence level, he is very brave, fantastic size, very agile and his speed in his reflexes is absolutely unbelievable.
"When you think it is a goal, with him it is still no goal. He makes unbelievable saves. We are great believers that he will be an outstanding goalkeeper."
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The form of current Gunners stopper Manuel Almunia has been derided in the press and has been of concern for the club's fans of late, but Wenger has refused to criticise the Spaniard's wobbly performances.
When pressed as to whether the player whom he had been chasing to sign last Monday was the Potters glovesman, Wenger swiftly replied, "no," while speaking at a press conference ahead of the club's home tie against Liverpool on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Wenger recently lauded the ability and potential of Wojciech Szczesny, who is currently on loan at Brentford.
Following a number of solid performances in a Bees shirt, the League One outfit have continued to extend the 19-year-old Pole's contract and he will now not return until the Emirates at the end of the season.
"I really believe in him [Szczesny] that he will one day be Arsenal's No. 1," Wenger recently informed the club's official website.
"He has all the qualities you want from a goalkeeper. That means a good basic confidence level, he is very brave, fantastic size, very agile and his speed in his reflexes is absolutely unbelievable.
"When you think it is a goal, with him it is still no goal. He makes unbelievable saves. We are great believers that he will be an outstanding goalkeeper."
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