Robert Lewandowski has revealed compatriot Wojciech
Szczesny tried to persuade him to sign for Arsenal over Bayern Munich.
The Borussia Dortmund striker was free to speak to clubs
in January with six months to run on his deal at Signal Iduna Park - though he
was widely expected to sign for the Bundesliga champions.
Real Madrid had been linked with hijacking the deal, with
the Premier League's elite also linked with bids that failed to materialise.
And Lewandowski has revealed that Arsenal goalkeeper
Szczesny had attempted to persuade him the Emirates Stadium was the best
option.
"I can confirm that Wojciech Szcesny tried to
convince me to join Arsenal," he told Polish newspaper Fakt.
"We had several talks about this. It was him who did
most of the talking, how the club looks inside, what Arsene Wenger thinks of
me.
"When we trained before the Champions League game at
Colney, there were important people from Arsenal at our sessions as well."
Lewandowski scored the winner in Dortmund's 2-1 victory
at the Emirates back in October, but Arsene Wenger was quoted in January as
having been resigned to losing out on the 25-year-old a long time ago.
"Yes we looked into Lewandowski," he said.
"But honestly he signed for Bayern one and a half
years ago, everyone knows that."
Culled from Soccerway
