( CNN ) -- Ex-Germany international Jens Lehmann is set to make a sensational return to English club Arsenal ten months after announcing his retirement from soccer . Manager Arsene Wenger confirmed the 41-year-old has re-signed for the title-chasing Gunners on a rolling monthly contract three years after leaving for Stuttgart . Lehmann , who made 199 appearances for Arsenal between 2003 and 2008 , also represented Germany on 61 occasions before retiring in May 2010 . He was part of Arsenal 's 'Invincibles ' side who went through the entire 2003-04 season unbeaten as they secured the English Premier League title . Wenger insisted it was a good move for the club , who have been knocked out of three competitions in the last three weeks , given injuries to Wojciech Szczesny , Vito Mannone and Lukasz Fabianski . He told reporters : `` Lehmann is training with us and will sign for the rest of the season . `` We have no cover in the Premier League , so that is why I decided to bring Jens back . I 'm happy because when Jens is in training he is as motivated as ever . `` If he has to play , if I choose to play him , his huge motivational level will be vitally important . '' Lehmann told the club 's website : `` I 'm very excited to be rejoining Arsenal . I have kept myself fit since the end of last season and I 'm ready to contribute at any time for the team . `` I have many great memories from my previous time at the club and Arsenal has always had a place in my heart . It 's special to be coming back . '' Lehmann enjoyed a notoriously fractious relationship with Arsenal 's current number one goalkeeper , Spaniard Manuel Almunia , with several of their disagreements spilling over into the public arena . Lehmann lost his place to Almunia in 2007 with the German calling it `` humiliating . '' He told German television : `` To be sitting on the bench behind somebody who only started to play when he was 30 is not funny . I am very angry . '' Almunia responded by telling British newspaper The Guardian : `` To have someone here who hates me is just amazing . '' But despite the history of acrimony between the pair , Wenger insisted Lehmann 's arrival would not be a problem as Arsenal try to overhaul Manchester United 's three point lead at the top of the Premier League . He added : `` There has been much more said about that relationship than what happened . There is a lot of respect between the two goalkeepers . `` I think Jens Lehmann will get the best out of Almunia , because he will show him every day he is ready to fight for his place -- as he has always been . Almunia will be motivated by that . ''
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger confirms Jens Lehmann set to re-sign for the club . Lehmann spent five years at Arsenal between 2003-2008 . Former Germany international retired from the game in May 2010 . Lehmann has had controversial career and fell out with Arsenal keeper Manuel Almunia .