Lehmann considers retirement
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Jens Lehmann has admitted that he has contemplated retiring from football at the end of the season.
The German international has made just five appearances for the Arsenal first-team this season after a string of errors at the beginning of the campaign saw him lose his place to Manuel Almunia.
The temperamental keeper feels that he has been treated unfairly of late as the performances of his Spanish replacement have not warranted an extended run in the side.
He also admitted that if the situation fails to improve over the next few months then he will consider calling time on his 18-year career.
Remains optimistic
"If the same criteria were applied to Almunia as they are to me, I would have been back in the team a long time ago," he said.
"But I am optimistic, and I go into every training session feeling I will soon be back playing.
"It is highly unlikely I would join another club in England.
"It troubles me greatly I'm not getting games, but that is the only thing I disagree about with Arsene Wenger.
"There is a 50 per cent chance I could retire soon. It depends what offers I receive."
Crime levels
If Lehmann sticks to his word then there appears a good chance that he may hang up his gloves come the summer, as on top of ruling out a move to another side in this country, he has also stated his reluctance to leave his young family alone in London.
This would seemingly rule out a transfer abroad and would explain the reasons behind his decision to reject the opportunity to return to his former club Borussia Dortmund earlier this month.
"Crime levels are really high in London," he said.
"I would not feel comfortable about leaving my wife and children alone there.
Mistakes
"I would have made more money had I joined Dortmund for five months, but it would have been less favourable for my family.
"I didn't want to make the children change schools for such a short period, and they didn't want to move.
"My wife and I did not want to disrupt their happiness simply because their dad made a couple of mistakes at the start of the season and now has to sit on the subs' bench." -
maybe once we getting the BPL title somewhere around april, Lehmann will given more chance to play.
he may feel dishearten but i believe he still consider a good keeper here. -
tink he can go retire n go into coaching n let the new keepers takeover...
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Wah,even though he's sh*t at times,I respect this bloke. Puts the family first b4 anything. Kudos to Lehmann. Just pray almunia gets injured.
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choy! touch wood!Originally posted by felirox:Wah,even though he's sh*t at times,I respect this bloke. Puts the family first b4 anything. Kudos to Lehmann. Just pray almunia gets injured.
actually all our goalkeepers r shaky. but almunia still consider reliable.
maybe can use Lehmann for FA cup competitions. -
mayb lehmann come back as a coach?
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yay lehmann's back!
He's always been my favourite keeper. ok so he made pretty shocking mistakes, but now he should be treasuring his place. Lehmann has undeniable save mastery, just that against lesser teams, he not very focused. and, he's undeniably interesting to watch with his shit kicking skills and AMAZING saves. you can count on him to perform in big matches, i rmb the saves in the champions league and against man u.
looking forward to more of the ohmygosh from this crazy keeper.
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useless old fool
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Originally posted by bryanw:
useless old fool