“Setback and Bitter Moment”
Leno considers leaving Arsenal after demotion
4/9/2022 7:24 am
For years, Bernd Leno has been Arsenal’s number one goalkeeper. But suddenly he’s on the bench, which is why the 30-year-old doesn’t rule out a change. If only to have a chance at a World Cup ticket. However, it is unlikely that he will return to his former club in Leverkusen.
National goalkeeper Bernd Leno has denied the rumors of a return to Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen. “I read that too, but I don’t know anything about it,” said the German in an interview with Spox and Goal: “It was also said that I really wanted to go back to my home country, but that’s not true.”
At Arsenal, the 30-year-old has been largely on the bench this season, with England goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale in goal for the Londoners. The demotion was “a setback and a bitter moment. But that’s the sport, you have to accept that,” said Leno: “I don’t want to say that I was a pawn, but if the results aren’t right, it’s okay Football sometimes fast.”
The nine-time international has not yet given up the fight for a place in national coach Hansi Flick’s World Cup squad. “The World Cup is not that far away. Being there gives me the motivation to work every day to regain my place,” said Leno.
In the last international matches against Israel and the Netherlands, he was not in the DFB squad. “Of course, because I wasn’t there, I’m behind. The national coach and goalkeeping coach Andreas Kronenberg communicated that openly and honestly,” said the German: “The communication is very, very good.”
However, Leno does not want to finally rule out a change. “It’s about playing here. That’s my first requirement. If the club plans otherwise, they have to come to me,” he said.
