🇪🇸 Kepa Arrizabalaga

[Jase 43,479]

Just now, milan.cech said:

Such videos can be found about every other goalkeeper, including Courtois.

True but those are some really bad, schoolboy errors though. 

[Fulham Broadway 17,331]

Yeah lets knock him down before his debut

[Blusan Alamb 295]

2 minutes ago, Jason said:

Posted by a Real Sociedad fan  But dear oh dear...

My fear is that he is too weak to come forward and outmuscle opponent attackers. This league is very physical. 

[Superblue 6,372]

7 year contract is clever by Chelsea. Not just tying him down long term but amortising that large fee over as many years as possible.

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2 minutes ago, Blusan Alamb said:

My fear is that he is too weak to come forward and outmuscle opponent attackers. This league is very physical. 

Not to say Kepa will go down the same route but De Gea had a shocking first year in England before adapting and becoming a decent keeper. 

[kellzfresh 7,229]

 

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Random Fact (and hope I've fact checked correctly ) - Kepa is the third Basque player we've signed after Del Horno and Azpi.

[LAM09 7,061]

One transfer the board couldn't muck up. Good piece of business all in all

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2 minutes ago, kellzfresh said:

 

So guessing he's generally good with his feet but prone to errors when the ball is in the air? 

[Blusan Alamb 295]

141.6m!!

[We Hate Scouse 10,327]

7 minutes ago, Jason said:

Random Fact (and hope I've fact checked correctly ) - Kepa is the third Basque player we've signed after Del Horno and Azpi.

Didier Deschamps

[Vybzkartel 284]

He looks like one of the characters from Teen Wolf

[BlueLyon 9,359]

I havent seen much of him at all, and while those videos look ridiculous, I wont judge him by that. People say he is extremely talented.

I just hope we didnt throw 70m down the drain, good luck Kepa and make us proud.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

5 minutes ago, Jason said:

So guessing he's generally good with his feet but prone to errors when the ball is in the air? 

From the videos someone posted in the first page. He looks dodgy in the air just like DeGea was, but hopefully he adapts to the league and quickly.

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Just now, kellzfresh said:

From the videos someone posted in the first page. He looks dodgy in the air just like DeGea was, but hopefully he adapts to the league and quickly.

Well, this is gonna be fun. 😬

Was just doing some height checking earlier and Kepa's the shortest of all the no.1 keepers in the top 6 and he's 13cm shorter than Courtois.

[AndersonBLUE 819]

not bad for 36mill

Hope he hits the ground running, got a feeling we are gonna rely on him too much this season

[El P. 1,354]

15 minutes ago, Jason said:

Well, this is gonna be fun. 😬

Was just doing some height checking earlier and Kepa's the shortest of all the no.1 keepers in the top 6 and he's 13cm shorter than Courtois.

Not true. Kepa is 189, Snake is 199. De Gea is 190, Neuer 193, Buffon 191, Alisson 191. So, not much of a difference, only Snake was long. But he is snake, they tend to be long.

[robsblubot 3,595]

4 minutes ago, AndersonBLUE said:

not bad for 36mill

Hope he hits the ground running, got a feeling we are gonna rely on him too much this season

Not sure we can say this is good business regardless of courtois valuation. If you take money into the equation the question is whether this is the best quality gk we could get for the money.

if the answer is yes, due to his potential, then it is indeed good business.

i don’t trust our scouting that much, so will remain cautiously optimistic on this one. Without a doubt a bit of a gamble and a very expensive one at that. Still looks like a panic buy - just hope it is at least an educated one.

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1 minute ago, El P. said:

Not true. Kepa is 189, Snake is 199. De Gea is 190, Neuer 193, Buffon 191.

Was going off the one in Wiki, which has him at 186. 

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Just now, Robguima said:

Not sure we can say this is good business regardless of courtois valuation. If you take money into the equation the question is whether this is the best quality gk we could get for the money.

if the answer is yes, due to his potential, then it is indeed good business.

i don’t trust our scouting that much, so will remain cautiously optimistic on this one. Without a doubt a bit of a gamble and a very expensive one at that. Still looks like a panic buy - just hope it is at least an educated one.

I guess if you want something positive - we have always been decent when it comes to getting our No.1 keeper..?