Wenger: Cech Can Play For Arsenal For Years

I think the signing of Petr Cech could well turn out to best signing of the summer and even though at 33 years of age the massive goal keeper might not be the springiest of spring chickens he could still have a few years left to give.

It`s been well documented that Arsenal were very interested in signing him before he went to Chelsea way back when after Arsene Wenger`s contacts identified him as a goalie with the ideal attributes to succeed in English football. And that proved to be exactly right as Cech went on to win all the major honours with the Blues.

However after falling out of favour with Mourinho we were lucky enough to land Petr this summer and it`s widely believed Cech will increase our title chances considerably, indeed Arsene Wenger believes he`s still perfect for the Premier League.

“He has a good combination between quality, agility, size – he looked like he was built for English football, I think he is a very bright goalkeeper as well. He has an intimidating presence, that is for sure. He makes the goals look small. That’s the kind of charisma he has.

“His move is a bit like Edwin van der Sar’s, who went from Fulham to Manchester United but still had five or six years there, so I don’t see why [Cech] shouldn’t have a few years. He’s very serious, he trains well, has no big problems.”

As I`ve stated recently, being a keeper Cech still has many years left in him, goalies can play on much longer into their career due to less stresses on the body as they don`t frequent the physical aspect of the game as much as the outfield players do.