Petr Cech has ruled out making a return to Chelsea by insisting he wants to stay and fight for his place at Arsenal.
Cech is one of the keepers on Chelsea’s short-list to replace Thibaut Courtois, who will complete a £35.5m move to Real Madrid as long as the Blues find another goalie first.
Chelsea have been considering a number of candidates, including Kasper Schmeichel and Gianluigi Donnarumma.
But with Cech having less than 12 months left on his contract and Arsenal spending £22m to buy Bernd Leno from Bayer Leverkusen, the 36-year-old looked like a cheap option.
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The Czech international won 13 major trophies at Chelsea between 2004-15 before joining Arsenal for £10m but is not planning to make a switch back to west London.
He said: “I have a contract with Arsenal and the club is still counting on me so far. My position here is the same as always. I am just concentrating on my job and trying to keep the number one jersey in the starting line-up.
“It has happened many times in my career that my club has signed a new goalkeeper. The only thing you can do is work hard in training and try to show the manager that you are the only one who can play.
