Leno discusses how tough it was for him before he left Arsenal

Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno has discussed how difficult his final days as an Arsenal player was before he moved to the Premier League new boys.

Leno lost his place in the Arsenal team after the Gunners added Aaron Ramsdale to their squad.

Matt Turner also arrived at the start of this season, which forced the German to move to Marco Silva’s side.

Having been a regular at Arsenal before the arrival of Ramsdale and getting regular calls for the German national team, it was tough on Leno. The ex-Bayer Leverkusen man said to Kicker via Sport Witness:

“Last year at Arsenal was the first time in my career that I only played ten competitive games in a season. But I found my form and my rhythm relatively quickly at Fulham and performed well.

“It was very hard, but I knew it was no use feeling sorry for myself. So, I kept working hard on myself. I didn’t do anything wrong at Arsenal and they could always rely on me in my three years as number 1.

“It was a change of club, not an escape. The situation was that the club had said they wanted to continue with young players.”

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Leno was a good goalie when he first moved to the Emirates, but he became error-prone in his final two seasons at the club and we clearly needed an upgrade.

Ramsdale has been one of the finest goalies in the Premier League so far and Turner does well when called upon to play for us, so we haven’t missed the German.

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30 Comments

  1. “we haven’t missed ””’the German”””.

    Why? ””’The German””’ his birth country is not important.

    What is so difficult about using his name, as in :

    ‘We haven’t missed Leno.”

    He gave his best and in return all we can say is ””the German””.

    1. Bit of an overreaction. Do you think Leno is ashamed to be German or that calling Germans German is insult? His name Leno is used 5 times in the article including in the headline once and in the JA opinion segment your critiquing once. What an example of offended for the sake of being offended over something.

      1. “The writer used the player’s name 5 times”

        Thank you for proving my point.

        The writer referred to Leno by name 5 times, so why not a sixth time?

        1. @Charles
          I shall Arsnswer your question clearly.
          To use someones name 20 times in an article can be very tedious, so as an example I will use an article about say … “…….. Martinelli
          “The young winger…..”
          “The Brazilian international…..”
          “The 21 year-old…
          “The ex-Iyuano graduate….
          “Edu’s first signing was…”
          “The youngster who arrived at Arsenal in 2019….”

          There is no racism or anything sinister in play, it is just that repetition is borning if you want an article to scan well and also be informatibe….)

          1. @ The Englishman.

            !. Over use of adjectives is monotonous.

            2 I agree with Mr Wenger, who when asked why there were no English players in his team for the match replied: ‘I don’t look at a player’s passport when choosing the team

            3 If you believe that saying ‘The English man’ is an example of artistic writing, by all means believe it.

            I am an Arsenal fan. Is my birth place or where I live emotionally important to this this web site? I hope not.

            My name is Charles, many people address as ‘Charlie’ My name is not: ‘The English man

            If someone is respectfully talking to me or writing about me and they repeatedly use my, name then why not ?- It is my name. ‘The English man’, is not my name.

          2. AdPat, What cathartic bliss to read your reply to Charles Woke Veritie.
            OH HOW I WISH we could destroy the whole concept of illiberal wokism.
            I loathe it. It is simple minded, unthinking and utterly ridiculous!

            THE WOKESTERS PERSONAL TRAGEDY IS THAT THEY CONSIDER THEMSELVES LIBERAL, WHEN IN FACT THEY ARE THE VERY OPPOSITE OF TRUE LIBERALISM,

            1. Dear Jon.

              The spectator watching the game sees a player miss kick the ball. He calls to the player ”you are useless”

              You denounce me as a ”WOKESTER” Because of ””one”” comment””

              No different from claiming a player is ””useless”” because of one mistake.

              You can do better than that Jon. I know. I have read many of your comments.

          3. Dear Admin Pat.

            Adjectives.

            I am all for the use of adjectives.

            I agree with you adjective can help the reader to know the person you are writing about better.

            However . 🙂

            It is possible to over do the use of adjectives and for that matter adverbs.

            You don’t need one every time you refer to the player. It doesn’t make our writing ‘ugly’ by not having an adjective ./ adverb in place.

            I have never known an English person writing or speaking about another English and in the cause of good writing:

            Say..
            ” The Englishman is’ or The English woman is”.

        2. From my point of view only, when I write posts and replies, I try not to repetitively use the same word, in an effort to improve how it reads. The Englishman, the Frenchman, the German are not derogatory words but just descriptive. I can’t see how it is offensive. If referring to Arteta frequently in a post, for example, I use MA or Mikel for the sake of variety. Isn’t that what the article writer has done?

          1. @ The Englishwoman

            !. Over use of adjectives is monotonous.

            2 I agree with Mr Wenger, who when asked why there were no English players in his team for the match replied: ‘I don’t look at a player’s passport when choosing the team

            3 If you believe that saying ‘The English man’ is an example of artistic writing, by all means believe it.

            I am an Arsenal fan. Is my birth place or where I live emotionally important to this this web site? I hope not.

            My name is Charles, many people address as ‘Charlie’ My name is not: ‘The English man

            If someone is respectfully talking to me or writing about me and they repeatedly use my, name then why not ?- It is my name. ‘The English man’, is not .

            1. No one said it was important that he is German, it’s just a descriptor, and it’s certainly not disrespectful.
              It’s an alternative to saying “Leno did X. He also did Y” rather than “Leno did X. Leno did y” (which sounds rather robotic) – they use descriptors like “German” because the article also mentions other people, so it can at times be confusing who “he” refers to.
              Making a mountain out of a molehill here, Charles

              1. Hello Sue.

                Yes I agree with you it is disrespectful, not to use a person’s name.

                Every time we refer to a person’s nationality and instead of their name, I believe they agree with you.

                When it was officially announced by Arsenal that Mr Wenger had been appointed manager, there came the well known response.

                Mr Ferguson, speaking from/ on his throne at toilet land Manure sneered?

                ” what does a Frenchman from Japan know about English football?”

                And so it came to pass that his minions and all ‘dislikers’ of all things Arsenal took up the call ‘The Frenchman’

                As far as I know Mr Wenger always returned their rudeness with politeness
                And respect
                Back then there wasn’t the internet we have today. Reporting on Continental football was rarely done. So most English people had never heard of him. Ferguson took advantage of this. He knew how Mr Wenger had taken a small sea side team to the semifinal of the European Championship.

                I have never known an English person refer to another English person as ”’ The Englishman ‘ woman.”’ As you say ‘its rude’ not to mention people by their name.

                Charles

                .

            2. Charles Veritie, it does seem that you are making a mountain out of a molehill. So what if Leno was referred to as a German ? Wenger has been referred to as a Frenchman, Jorginho has been referred to as an Italian and a Brazilian. Others too have been referred to their nationality.

  2. I’m pretty sure that Leno hasn’t missed certain “fans”. of The Arsenal either,who forgot how he played so well for us.
    Good luck to you and thanks for your professional and diligent work between the posts.

  3. Wish him the best of luck and pleased it’s working out well for him at Fulham. Did a great job for us at times, we moved forward and he deserved gametime. Happy ending all around which is rare in this game.

  4. Glad he’s moved on. Although he made some good saves he also made some almighty clangers, not only with us but for BL and for Germany.

  5. Leno served us really well. Arteta was recruiting to suit a certain style of playing and therefore went for Ramsdale.

  6. And we do not forget the agony of having to watch you play for us for those 3 years. Far worse than Fabianski or Almunia, at par with Petr Chek. Good luck to you Leno, no one misses you here. Lehman’s boots were too big for you, Fulham is the right place for a keeper of your caliber. Let the big boys play for the big clubs with big name managers.

  7. Keep in mind the absolute dross in front of Leno and how well he still did, imagine with our defence and midfield now how good Leno would look.

    1. I never thought he was a bad keeper but his injury gave Martinez a chance to shine and shine he did. Leno’s distribution gave me palpitations at times

      1. Yip his distribution was poor, coupled with terrible movement in front of him and it was a disaster. He is a shot stopper keeper 100% but was asked to play differently.

        1. He was also poor from crosses and just didn’t have enough presence. It struck me how much better the defenders looked when martinez took over for a few weeks/months – even mustafi was getting big praise. Maybe coincidence, as arteta had only recently joined as well, but i do think the gk has an influence on the defenders in front of him.

        2. We all know that distribution wasn’t his forte, still MA insisted on building from the back,what did you expect?
          This was the feature of MA start at Arsenal,trying to impose a style of play which didn’t suit the players we had at the time.if I remember correctly,he wasn’t the only struggling with playing from the back.

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