This Monday, Real Madrid announced the arrival of Kepa Arrizabalaga. The Spanish goalkeeper was recruited following the serious injury of Thibaut Courtois, out for practically the entire season. The residents of the Santiago-Bernabéu stadium therefore decided to bet on the Chelsea goalkeeper, who was however close to joining Bayern Munich. But he finally changed his mind when Los Blancos knocked on his door.
And this is not the first time that the people of Madrid have looked into his case. A few years ago, in January 2018, the leaders of Real Madrid were ready to recruit Kepa, in a contractually advantageous situation in Bilbao. But Zinedine Zidane didn’t want him since he was counting on Keylor Navas recalls Report. Now I don’t need a goalkeeper anymore, ZZ blurted out at the time knowing that Kepa had visited the facilities and passed his medical tests at Real Madrid. Eventually, after this statement, the player stayed and extended at Bilbao before joining Chelsea afterwards.
