Arsenal transfer news: Wojciech Szczesny arrives in Rome to complete season-long loan move to Roma

Szczezny will hope a strong season in Italy will lead to a future at Arsenal after falling behind Petr Cech and David Ospina

Wojciech Szczesny will join Roma on loan this season (EPA)

Wojciech Szczesny has touched down in Italy to complete his season-long loan with Serie A side Roma in a bid to prove he still has a future at Arsenal.

The £10m arrival of Petr Cech has seen the Poland international fall even further down the Arsenal pecking order having seen his first-team place go to David Ospina in January this year. With Szczesny facing a battle for his Arsenal future, manager Arsene Wenger stressed that he wants to maintain faith in the 25-year-old and give him a chance to prove himself in the form of a loan spell to a top European club.

Having touched down at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci International Airport, Szczesny will finalise the move today after confirming everything was in place for the move on Sunday night.

Szczesny appeared with an AS Roma scarf at the airport as he made his way through baggage collection, although he made the cardinal sin of wearing sunglasses inside.

Szczesny arrives in Rome ahead of his season-long loan deal (EPA)

Szczesny holds a Roma scarf as he leaves the airport in Roma (EPA)

A number of Italian journalists and Roma fans turned out to greet the Arsenal man, and he wore a big smile before stopping in front of photographers to give the thumbs up with the scarf now draped around his neck.

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Taking to his Instagram account on Sunday, Szczesny confirmed in Italian that he was heading to Rome, and expressed his delight ahead of the move to the Italian capital.

 

A video posted by Wojciech Szczesny (@wojciechszczesny1) on Jul 26, 2015 at 1:23pm PDT

“Good evening Giallorossi! I am very happy, because I am going to Roma tomorrow. I'll see you soon,” Szczesny said.