Lukasz Fabianski to leave Arsenal

Lukasz Fabianski turned down the offer of a new contract at Arsenal and will leave the club this summer.

The goalkeeper’s current deal at the Emirates expires at the end of the current season. When that occurs, he will depart from the London giants, despite being given the chance to stay on.

Wojciech Szczesny is definitively the first-choice goalkeeper at Arsenal these days – he has been since the beginning of the 2011-12 season – as well as for Poland, ahead of Fabianski.

The latter man is quoted as saying by the Daily Star that he wants “to be number one in (a) club and in the Polish national team.”

Fabianski continued: “I have learned a lot at London during very positive and challenging periods.

“With biggest respect to this great club, I didn’t accept the extension offer as I am looking forward to a new challenge in England or abroad.”

Fabianski, who is 28-years-old, has made 21 appearances for Poland.