New reinforcement for FC Barcelona, Wojciech Szczesny recently saw photos resurface showing him with a cigarette in his mouth. Not a problem for the Pole, who sees no consequence on his performance.
He could have gotten annoyed or avoided this generally taboo subject in the world of sport. But Wojciech Szczesny is not the type to shy away. During an interview given to Mundo Deportivo, the new FC Barcelona goalkeeper agreed to answer a question about his… tobacco consumption.
“I don’t do it in front of children”
Already photographed several times in the past with a cigarette in his mouth, the 34-year-old Pole, just out of retirement to answer the call of the Catalan giant, did not seek to deny this little guilty pleasure. “That’s one thing I won’t change in my personal life. And it’s no one’s business if I smoke. It doesn’t affect what I do on the field, because I work twice as hard. And I don’t “Don’t do it in front of the children so as not to have a bad influence on them,” he confided.
“Sometimes people take pictures of me (smoking, editor’s note) while hiding behind trees, but that’s not up to me. I try to hide it and not show it to people. But if someone thinks that I’m going to change the way I am in my private life, they should think twice because that’s who I am. I’ve been like that all my life and these things don’t. don’t look at anyone else. I want to be judged as a goalkeeper,” said the former Arsenal and Juventus goalkeeper.
Rest assured, he is far from being the first footballer to have been grilled while crapping. And it’s not Zinedine Zidane, Marco Verratti, Radja Nainggolan or even Jack Wilshere who will say the opposite.
