Chelsea have a reason to focus on the Kepa gamble

Kepa Arrizabalaga seems to be a far cry from the grave. But Chelsea have the record for breaking the transfer record for the goalkeeper.

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Chelsea have a reason to focus on the Kepa gamble
For more than 20 years, Spain has been the goalkeeper of European football. It's not hard to see the names of famous bulls like Iker Casillas, Victor Valdes, Pepe Reina or David De Gea. Continuing that tradition, Kepa Arrizabalaga is emerging as the most interested goalkeeper in the transfer market.

At the age of 23, the Basque is about to become the world's most expensive goalkeeper, as Chelsea are about to spend £ 72m or € 80m to get Kepa. The reason for Kepa having such a high transfer fee is the convergence of many objective and subjective factors.

Most objective is talent. As mentioned, Kepa is the youngest promising goalkeeper of Spanish football at the moment. Not until the appearance of Chelsea, more than a year, Athletic Bilbao has received many offers for the 23-year-old guard. Best of all is Real Madrid.

Six months ago, in the summer transfer period of 2018, Real attacked Kepa drastically and only retreated when the keeper extended the contract with Athletic Bilbao. With the new contract, Kepa was raised to 2.5 million euros, in return for a six-year contract with the € 80 million freed up clause, exactly the amount Chelsea is about to spend.

Kepa is the most promising goalkeeper of Spanish football
Kepa is the most promising goalkeeper of Spanish football

Deeper analysis, Kepa is a young but not immature keeper. Over the past two years, he has been the number one keeper of Bilbao. In addition, he is the number one goalkeeper of the Spanish youth team, especially the U19 European Championship in 2012. With such a huge growth, Kepa was convened to attend the World Cup 2018.

In terms of talent, Kepa is the ideal goalkeeper (1m89), possesses long stride, reflexes and skill to play good legs, the qualities often seen in the Spanish goalkeeper. And remember, the successful Spanish goalkeeper in England, formerly Pepe Reina in Liverpool and now David De Gea in Manchester United.

So Chelsea's decision to invest in Kepa is a decisive one. Meanwhile, in terms of transfer fees, the Blues accept such high spending is due to the context of the team and the transfer market. The Thibaut Courtois decided to go to force Chelsea to recruit new players while the summer transfer of 2018 in the UK is about to close.

For such an emergency, to completely eliminate the risk of failure, Chelsea has accepted to spend 80 million euros to release Kepa contract. The amount of money, in the days when the player's price increase is not so unexpected. For the goalkeeper, last year City spent 40 million euros to get Ederson, this year Liverpool spent 75 million euros to recruit Alisson.

So, with talent and age of Kepa, this deal of Chelsea is not necessarily too expensive.

Full name: Kepa Arrizabalaga Revuelta
Date of birth: October 3, 1994
Place of birth: Ondarroa, Basque Country, Spain
Club: Athletic Bilbao (54 appearances)
Title: European U21 Championship 2012