'It was 1800 days of cold, wind and rain", says Artur Boruc

"It was 1800 days of cold, wind and rain", said Artur Boruc, when asked about his time at Celtic Glasgow by Scottish media. "But seriously, it was a great time".

"Celtic and its fan will always stay close to my heart. This club is a part of me now, just like my family and my fiancée. It was a great honor to play for Celtic."

"I think that playing for Fiorentina is a chance for me, to develop my skills. I came here to be the goalkeeper, I have no indention of declaring I will do this or that, blah, blah, blah. It's easy to give promises. Instead of talking, I prefer playing. The quality of my performance should speak for itself.

"Whoever comes, he better know that he'll be my second goalkeeper", says Frey

Monica08 found an interesting article at http://www.tuttosport.com/ page about Sebastian Frey and his attitude to his club plans to sign a new goalkeeper. He is seems to be almost offended by the fact the Fiorentina hired Boruc. Below is her translation of this news.

According to Tuttosport.it July 21 2010.

Frey has been the indisputable #1 goalkeeper at Fiorentina since 2005. So why in the world did Fiorentina on June 12 2010 bother to go look for other top goalkeepers abroad??

In short, once Frey knew that Fiorentina was looking for another top goalkeeper he "complained" to the media. Fiorentina didn't like it and fined him! Fiorentina did it to provide Frey with more challenges and motivation (stimuli in Italian) but apparently Frey took Boruc' signing personally.

Frey's quote:
12 June - "My future, I still see it at Firenze. I am doing very well here. I have 3 more years left in my contract. Even if my [Fiorentina] sporting director is looking for other goalkeepers, I will stay here. I think I showed what I'm worth all these years and my love for the shirt. I don't understand how can one search for another goalkeeper when one has Frey as the #1goalkeeper [titolare]. The money will have to be spent in another manner. All these rumors have surprised me. In any case, whoever [new goalkeeper signing] comes, he better know that he'll be my second [goalkeeper] because I still have lots of willingness to play. I am convinced that I'm still important for my club [Fiorentina].

Meanwhile today the new Fiorentina manager was presented and he said "There is still time to decide. They are two great goalkeepers, it will be up to them.". Source: http://www.tuttosport.com.



Boruc of Frey? Who is going to win this competition?

Artur Boruc signed a two-year contract with Fiorentina

Polish goalkeeper, Artur Boruc, signed a two-year contract with Fiorentina. He had already passed the medical tests and took part in the first training session.

In Celtic Glasow Artur was an unquestionable no. 1. Now he will have to compete for the place in the goal with Sebastian Frey. He probably won't be in the starting 11.

Boruc, known of his sharp-temper, had his ups and downs lately. He was crticized for bad performance in the qualifiers for World Cup 2010 and lost his place in the national team.

However, I will not forget when he was saving national team from the ashaming defeats. Match against Germany at World Cup 2010, when kept clean sheet till 90'. In 91' Germany managed to score. Numerous amazing one-on-one saves in the match with Austria at Euro 2008. It had to come to a penalty to defeat him. He was really good. Hope is going to come back to the national team.

Another Polish goalkeeper, Łukasz Załuska, stayed in Celitc at the first-choice goalkeeper.