Polish goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak came out and publicly slated Manchester United this week after the third choice ‘keeper was denied a move away from Old Trafford on loan. The 29-year-old wants first team football to have a chance of playing in Euro 2012which is taking place in his native Poland.
Kuszczak must have felt that his time had come when long-term number one Edwin van der Sar announced his retirement last season, but Sir Alex Ferguson felt the need to bring in goalkeepers to replace the retiring Dutchman and Anders Lindegaard and David de Gea arrived and immediately rose above Kuszczak in the pecking order, angering the keeper.
The Pole arrived permanently at Manchester United in 2007 from West Brom but has made just 26 league appearances in his four years at Old Trafford. Never establishing himself as a first team regular has been a huge problem for Kuszczak’s career but it has taken until this week for him to make his feelings heard publically.
Kuszczak said this week: “I’ve become a slave to Manchester, I’m frustrated but I don’t want to slander or criticise Ferguson. It’s not my style.
“I’ve talked to Ferguson recently. I asked him to let me leave the club now, before the January transfer window, I told him I want to play and get back into the national team, because Euro 2012 is just around the corner – but it seems he doesn’t care.”
Surely Kuszczak should have left Old Trafford before now, making the odd Carling Cup appearance may not even be realistic for him this season, and he has seemed happy to sit on the bench or in the reserves, earning a decent wage packet and letting his career pass him by without notice. It appears that just because a major international tournament is on the horizon, Kuszczak has been prompted to try and earn a place in Poland’s squad.
The flopped keeper has only played 10 times for his country, so is nowhere near being a regular at any level of his game currently. Kuszczak claims he was denied a move away from the club on loan but is adamant that he will leave sooner rather than later.
Kuszczak said “The possibility of a two-month loan to Leeds United came up two weeks later. The club blocked it. It was a glimmer of hope for me. It would have reminded the Poland manager about me – but I didn’t get the club’s approval.
“I have respect for Ferguson because, for me, he’s a great manager, but I hope he will let me go in January.”
It is puzzling as to why Manchester United would not allow him the move, but Kuszczak could and should of left United a long time ago when he realised he would never hold the number one shirt. The decision to come out and publically slate the club is not a wise move after they have been paying his wages for doing nothing for the past four years and it will not attract a lot of admires ahead of the January transfer window.
Written by Brad Pinard for FootballFancast.com.
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I worked full time for a year and a half getting paid ONE pay check every 3 months, and i still did my job just as good if not better than someone getting paid on time…and even that can´t be put into slavery terms.. this guy is getting thousands a week! for going to train for a few hours…most do that just for fun…