Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech has admitted that he is playing for his future as the club hold back on extending his current contract, according to a report on the Evening Standard.
The shot-stopper has less than 12 months remaining on his current deal and knows that he must impress new manager Unai Emery if he wants to extend his stay at the Emirates.
Cech has been preferred over £19.2m summer signing Bernd Leno so far this campaign but has not been the best with the ball at his feet.
Emery wants his Arsenal side to build from the back and Cech isn’t typically a ball-playing goalkeeper, but he is having to adapt to the new style of play.
When asked about his future, Cech said:
I’m in the last year of the contract so I guess it depends on my performances, the way I play and the way I stay fit throughout the season. Then we’ll see what happens next.
When you bring players in you do that to improve the squad and to make it competitive and Bernd is here, trains every day and tries to get his spot which keeps everyone in the goalkeeping group on their toes including me, obviously.
I have to work hard not only to make sure the manager picks me for the weekend but as well that he sticks with me. I always want to do things at 100 per cent and you have to be fit enough to do that.
So, it’ll be a question of whether my body is fit enough to allow me to do that and if my head is fit, too, if the motivation stays the same, I’d like to carry on.
Arsenal are in Europa League action tomorrow and Emery is expected to hand Leno his first competitive start for the Gunners.
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