One year left on his contract. And no, we aren't fuming. Quite delighted to see the back of him as a matter of fact.
Kepa | Most expensive kepa ever
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I'm spanish and after the WC that De Gea played say thanks if he is worth more than 80-90M€. People here really stopped rating him as goalkeeper.
Would be quite funny if his ex moved with his kids to London.
Really? He's the 3rd best keeper in the world, I can't imagine you'd have been saying that 2 days ago
DDG value just keeps rocketing with each passing day.
He is a good GK. Potential is very high. Reminds me a bit of us signig De Gea at that time, much more expensive of course
This kid is good. DDG will need to play a lot better than he did in the World Cup. Hopefully it will spur him on. I would actually prefer it if he had nothing much to do in games, but can't see that happening. He will be under siege as usual.
I, and many Chelsea fans, have been saying we want him gone for ages. He's been agitating for a move back to Madrid for a while. He's got a big mouth that he can't help but run in the press.
Also disagree that he's the 3rd best keeper in the world.
Their fans would rather be relegated.
As many articles have cited, it's incredibly risky investment. They would have it safe going for Allision a month back and little lesser money.
DDG need to put the WC mare behind. Anyway, he seems to be well settled for us that kinds of keeps me at peace. Even if our defense is shaky i feel safe with him at goal.
That is true. They dice with death sometimes as well.
They didnt expect Courtois to behave like a dickhead. He fecked them over and now have to panic buy for a good GK
Back to its original level after that world cup.
He'll fit right in at Real then. Although the biggest ego has gone. Maybe they needed to buy another.
I think we all need to say another thank you to our wonderful fax machine who made this all possible.
How is this guy in comparison to Allison?
They would live.
I thinks its a matter of time.
Or we will see more creative ways of players being 'Basque'
Not better .
Kepa is a much cooler name for a goalkeeper than Allison. That's all I can add, having seen Allison play about 5 times and Kepa zero times.
how much is De Gea worth now with these crazy keeper prices.
He has, but he is right that we have gone frugal all of a sudden.
It's not like he sprung it on them yesterday. They've known he wants to leave for a long time.
Didn't think he would refuse to come back this season though.
Talking about tottenham, surely.
Kepa the keepah. Yep.
I agree on the principal. The market has gone insane and we seem refusing to adapt, like we're back to the old "no value in the market" theory. That won't end well.
However, him taking a shot at us without mentioning our name was funny.
Yes. But wanting to leave and going AWOL is a difference. You can still behave professionally. They probably had a list of a few GKs and went for the best of the bunch, and most expensive.
Better to overpay than going for someone like Butland
It is the obsession with a CB, which maybe shows that Jose knows they will all get injured in bulk all season. I would have preferred more attacking options. I just hope Fred is good, he has looked neat, but not exactly game changing, but hopefully will show what he is made of once the season starts.
Courtois treated the club in the same way the club treated their former manager. I have zero sympathy for them.
I'm sure Fred will come good but he's simply not enough. We didn't improve any of our problems of last season, still have average fullbacks and right flank. Underwhelming window especially with us expecting a big summer.
In a day and age now where top keepers are asked to do much more than just be great shot stoppers, Courtois is seriously lacking in that area. Thibaut is one of the best pure shot stoppers in the world no doubt, but compare him to Ederson, Alisson, DDG, and Lloris in the PL alone and he lags far behind all of them with the ball at his feet. They are all just as good with their hands yet can pick passes out and start attacks with ease.
I am tired of listening to Talksport and pundits on MUTV telling me how bloody good out fullbacks are. Lou Macari actually suggested Valencia might get move back into his former position. I sat there opened mouthed.
Well it's MUTV. I'm not really surprised.
He is probably the best in the world at commanding his area though. His ability in that regard is a rarity even at the highest level these days.
Think they got a shock last night as they thought it would be a nice cosy phone-in, but the callers weren't playing ball.
They're deluded, but that's pretty much how any special club tv channel act. They'll be deluded by nature about the team and players.
Fair point. There aren't many clubs out there who treat their players like trading commodities more than chelsea do, or show less loyalty to their managers.
The way they stockpile young players is not great. Some of them could spend a majority of their career on loan from Chelsea.
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