Arsenal: There is no point in selling Petr Cech to Chelsea

Arsenal’s entire set-up makes sense as it stands, but there may be sales incoming. Selling Petr Cech, however, would accomplish very little.

Arsenal have been busy this summer building for the here and now and for the future. The two blend together seamlessly, and at no position is this more evident at than keeper, where they have an experienced, veteran, champion keeper paired with a young, talented keeper.

This is much the same situation that we had just a few years ago with Wojciech Szczesny being joined by Petr Cech. However, before that pairing could be tried and tested, Szczesny was sold and the experiment went caput.

Now, we had a chance at a do-over, with Bernd Leno taking the Szczesny role to learn from Cech and establish himself as the dominant keeper he can be and, just like that, the rumors have kicked in that the experiment might be kaput again.

Because apparently Chelsea are entertaining the idea of bringing Petr Cech back in in the event that Thibaut Courtouis bids adieu to Stamford Bridge.

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As it stands, though, Arsenal would gain next to nothing from selling Cech. Rather, they would lose far more than they would gain.

Cech, for as bad as he was last year, still has a tremendous level of experience, he’s won what we want to win, he is a sharp decision maker, a commander in the box – basically, he knows what he’s doing.

Leno is in the same situation Szczesny was in – he needs to learn the things Cech knows to add to his inherent shot-stopping abilities. That whole idea falls through if you take Cech out of the equation. Because then what happens? Leno becomes the veteran keeper and Emi Martinez steps up as the back-up? That seems flimsy.

Not to mention the fact that Cech has already gone on his “come and get my job” tangent when Leno was signed, essentially saying that he was not going down without a fight. And we know how good a prime Cech can be.

The whole concept here is to make Leno the best he can be by letting him learn from Cech. He isn’t ready to be the undisputed main man. He just isn’t. Maybe he grows into that, but at the moment, he needs to prove it first.

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Don’t blow up this project a second time. Let it take hold so we can see how it goes. Please.

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