Kepa Arrizabalaga

So who has actually watched him consistently this season?

He always struck me as someone with questionable fundamentals and average shot stopping ability but at the same time capable of doing good things a bit like Raya. At Utd, the goal always seem bigger and I'm not sure he has the personality, size or consistency to perform even as a backup.
 
Is he a better stop stopper than Onana? Yes

Would he feck up as much as Onana ? No but it would still be chaos with him in goals.

Not a mentality monster just like half our squad unfortunately
 
Thankfully there are no real links to us. I think the keeper situation is kind of the opposite of the striker market, and there are quite a few good prospects potentially available at decent prices.

I think we'd be better served taking a punt on one of those than giving the gloves to a busted flush like Kepa.
 
Devil81 said:
What makes you think Onana couldn't go to Bournemouth and have and equally good season with less pressure.

Come on Kepa is awful.
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Even if this is possible, wouldn’t you want to sell Onana for 15-20 and get a guy for 5?

The reality is that we need new players in lots of positions, and we need to move for someone as better clubs might sign the better keepers i.e Diogo Costa or that Espanyol keeper. The alternative is that we keep Onana.
 
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AltiUn said:
We should be aiming significantly higher than Kepa, this is as bad as when we were linked with Arnautovic
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Arnautovic at the time would have been strengthened your team.

Put arnautovic from back then into the current side and he'd easily be your best forward.

Given how much you need to do with limited funds,kepa for 5m would be a good idea.
 
He's been very solid all season for Bournemouth. That's tremendous value and very much worth looking into
 
Terrible at Chelsea, and refusing to get subbed in a cup final, would be massive red flags, but at 5m, if the guy is happy to come in and be 2nd choice/mentor to one of the younger keepers we're looking at, then it's quite smart, given our financial situation.

I think he wants a no 1 position wherever he goes, though.
 
Terrible at Chelsea. Looked very solid last season, so he's clearly matured. Looks a lot more stable now.

For 5m? Instead of having to play Onana? It's not the worst idea.

Can't believe he's 30 though, where has the time gone.
 
ROFLUTION said:
Even if this is possible, wouldn’t you want to sell Onana for 15-20 and get a guy for 5?

The reality is that we need new players in lots of positions, and we need to move for someone as better clubs might sign the better keepers i.e Diogo Costa or that Espanyol keeper. The alternative is that we keep Onana.
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Absolutely not, he's had a good season but he's no better than Onana. I'd take him instead of Bayinder as our number two without a doubt.
 
Tell Chelsea if they don't want Sancho they have to send us this guy as well
 
So, keepers grow and improve over time? Can´t be?

5m is one hell of a bargain tbf
 
Gordon S said:
So, keepers grow and improve over time? Can´t be?

5m is one hell of a bargain tbf
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I think there's a legitimate concern that it's less him growing and more him being away from a pressurised environment like Chelsea's. No real way of knowing, but for 5m I personally think it's worth the risk
 
Should buy him. Then we would have the most expensive keeper of all time, and the 4th most expensive keeper of all time at the club - what a joke that would be.

Kepa is better than Onana. That’s clear as day.

Can we get better? I would hope so, as I imagine his wage demands would be quite significant given the fee.
 
Don't forget that we need Bayindir replacement too. Bayindir is shit. Kepa can be our second choice GK.

For Onana replacement we should go for Garcia.
 
Devil81 said:
Absolutely not, he's had a good season but he's no better than Onana. I'd take him instead of Bayinder as our number two without a doubt.
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He clearly is, better in the stuff Onana was supposed to be great at too.

He isn't someone I would trust for a full season, his height and stature are always a worry.
 
He's actually been good at Bournemouth amazingly. I couldn't believe it was the same Kepa.

Still, in a market full of tidy keepers it'd be mad to go for the guy who already full on bottled it under pressure previously
 
RopersReturn said:
Can’t go wrong for £5m?
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Sell both Onana and Bayindir, still buy one of the others we are after and then Kepa for 5 million. Might not work but I would rather that and have 2 new goalies say for a combined cost of 30 million.

But bear in mind I am a complete muppet and silly season has begun :lol:
 
For £5m it is a no-brainer. He's better than Onana and we aren't exactly flush with cash, plus it would also mean that we don't have to watch that clown throwing the ball into the net every week.
 
At that price it would be a sensible transfer, especially as Onana has Afcon in mid December.
 
5m is a snip, and he'd be an upgrade on the clown we have right now. Would need to be sure that he was coming here to work.
 
Idxomer said:
He clearly is, better in the stuff Onana was supposed to be great at too.

He isn't someone I would trust for a full season, his height and stature are always a worry.
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Let's be clear Onana is absolutely garbage but he's put himself under incredible pressure. The same would happen to Kepa if he was at United, it's not like keeping goal for a club with far less pressure to perform every week.
 
Better than what we have and at that price on decent wages it would be silly not to take a look.
 
B20 said:
Arnautovic at the time would have been strengthened your team.

Put arnautovic from back then into the current side and he'd easily be your best forward.

Given how much you need to do with limited funds,kepa for 5m would be a good idea.
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Liverpool fan thinks we should sign Kepa, imagine my shock. Who's next, Andy Carrol? Chamakh? Stuart Downing or Kyrgiakos perhaps?

Just because a player is a tiny bit better than what we currently have doesn't mean we should go for them for the sake of it.
 
AltiUn said:
Liverpool fan thinks we should sign Kepa, imagine my shock. Who's next, Andy Carrol? Chamakh? Stuart Downing or Kyrgiakos perhaps?
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Nah.

I am bummed you are signing Cunha as I think he's really good. I think it's lovely you are persisting Amorim as he's definitely your main catalyst for failure going forwards.

But you're strapped for cash, have an absolutely dreadful keeper starting for you and need to find ways to make the money you do have stretch as far as possible. Kepa, assuming reasonable wages, is the kind of move you ought to be making.
 
Devil81 said:
Why?

Did you see him at Chelsea, he made Onana look like Peter Schmeichel!!
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He was at Chelsea a long time. We signed him in 2018. He had good years and bad years. Personally I think as a back up, he'd be one of the best around but I doubt he would fancy that. He won't accept to sit on someone's bench unless you're paying him astronomical wages to do so.

He had a good year at Bournemouth. It probably suits all parties for him to stay there, unless he thinks he can land a starting gig at a bigger club playing in Europe.
 
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I'd be happy with this.

But then honestly I'd be happy if we replaced Onana with a sock puppet
 
Bojan11 said:
How was he at Madrid? @carvajal
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Decent for a backup goalkeeper. I think he left a good impression. When he had a bad day, it was noticeable and caused quite a bit of insecurity.
A good option for cup matches and cover short injuries.
 
People only remember his later time here at Chelsea and forget that he was actually pretty solid for while. You just have to accept that there is a very specific weakness with him due to his height that will always be targeted by the opposition.
 
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