Szczesny: How I recovered from serious injury

Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, speaking to the club's official website, has spoken of the accident that broke both his arms.

Despite the seriousness of the injury, the Pole has said that he never doubted that he would make a full recovery, and subsequently play for one of the biggest clubs in the world.

It took four months for him to recover from the injury, Szczesny said: "I was in the gym doing squats when I lost my balance and the weight fell on my hands and broke both of them.

"It was a little bit bizarre.

"There was actually a few people in the gym at the same time and they said they were about to laugh before they realised my arms were not quite straight.

"It was very tough, probably the toughest it has ever been for me.

"For four months I was not able to play football and it affected my whole life. I couldn't do all the things that normal people do.

"I was very down at some points but I never had any doubts that I was going to recover from it.

"The belief that I was going to recover and be a good goalkeeper kept me going."

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