the extension in 2020 probably means there was demand on the market for him - we wouldnt extend the contract with out a reason, for a player who still has 2,5 years contract legth. My wild guess is that Arsenal approached us for him and we did everything we could to keep him, how short sighted... well Paratici left many stupid decisions like this.
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also paying him anything more than 4.5m always amazes me, how stupid we really are to do this. You can pay this to attacking star player or a prodigy CB like de Ligt, but to fucking Szczesny?