Petr Cech focused on Arsenal future with David Ospina free to pursue Emirates exit

Staying put | Cech's agent has indicated he plans to stay at Arsenal
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James Benge19 July 2018

The agent of Petr Cech insists the Arsenal goalkeeper is focused on his future at the club with the door open for fellow shot-stopper David Ospina to depart.

Though no move has been made Cech has been linked with a surprise return to Chelsea, the club he spent 11 years at before joining the Gunners in 2015.

Bernd Leno’s £22million arrival from Bayer Leverkusen will inevitably lead to greater competition for a starting role than Cech, who turned down a move to Napoli earlier this summer, has ever faced at Arsenal, although it remains highly unlikely that those two and Ospina will all still be at the club when the transfer window closes in under a month’s time.

Cech’s representative Viktor Kolar insisted that the 36-year-old will not be the one to make way.

“It is always busy during every transfer window around Petr Cech, as a great Premier League person,” Kolar told ESPN.

“However, he maximally focuses on the new season at Arsenal, no specific offer is available.”

Should Cech indeed opt to stay it would be highly unlikely that Ospina, the nominal third-choice goalkeeper, would choose to remain at Arsenal.

Standard Sport understands that the Gunners will not stand in Ospina’s way should he find a new club, with Besiktas once more leading the chase for his signature.

The 29-year-old’s preference would be to remain in Europe, though Argentinian giants Boca Juniors are reportedly interested, and he has long been admired by Turkish giants Besiktas, as well as their Istanbul rivals Fenerbahce.

However Besiktas look more immediately likely to make the move as current number one Fabri is the subject of a bid from Fulham.

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