Kepa left Chelsea for Real Madrid this summer. Even though it was only a 1-year loan contract, Kepa showed great love for the Spanish team. Spanish goalkeeper Kepa is being loaned by Chelsea to Real Madrid for a year this summer. Although he has only been with the new team for a short time, Kepa has publicly announced that he wants to extend his contract with Real and not return to Stamford Bridge.
Kepa told Spanish newspaper Cope as follows: “My intention is to stay with the team not just for one year but more. Because this is Real Madrid, it’s hard to refuse when the team offers. I feel Chelsea’s project is not suitable.”
When asked by Marca about refusing to go to Bayern, Kepa said: “Real Madrid is Real Madrid. When Real calls you, every decision will be made easily. I have faced Real 3 times but that was with opponents. When I come to the Bernabeu, I always have to turn left to go to the away team’s dressing room, but honestly I want to turn right to go to the home team’s dressing room.”
Clearly, after these statements, Chelsea fans can see that their beloved goalkeeper’s heart belongs to the Royal Spanish team. The special thing is that Kepa still has a contract with Chelsea until 2025, so his statements will somewhat hurt the team.
In fact, this summer Kepa is still in the plans of new head coach Pochettino. The Spanish coach expected Kepa to become the number one goalkeeper again after the departure of Edouard Mendy, but Kepa chose Real. Madrid. Currently, Robert Sanchez is the person chosen by Chelsea to replace Kepa in the number 1 position in goal.
Under the new owner, the team from London has been completely restored. The Blues’ squad has had a lot of changes. After going through 3 sales periods, Chelsea has increased its total spending to more than 1 billion. Board. However, the results were not really as expected. This season, Pochettino and Chelsea are ranked 12th with only 1 victory against newly promoted team Luton Town.
With the current form, many fans have been thinking about the not-so-bright prospects of their beloved team this season.