DBasia.news – A dowry of 72 million pounds was spent by Chelsea to redeem the Kepa Arrizabalaga purchase clause from Athletic Bilbao. That makes him the world’s most expensive goalkeeper.
The decision taken by the Blues to spend a lot of money on recruiting Kepa Arrizabalaga was a result of Thibaut Courtois’s move to Real Madrid, but the costs they incurred were highlighted as the Spanish goalkeeper was only 24 years old.
But so far, Arrizabalaga was able to show consistent performance as Maurizio Sarri’s main choice, and the adaptation process received praise from his colleague, Willy Caballero.
“One of the reasons Chelsea have arrived Kepa Arrizabalaga was because of his ability to provide high quality passing. So far he has shown good performance in this aspect. Besides that, his reaction is also very fast. At first I had the feeling that Kepa would need time to adapt,” Willy Caballero said in an interview to Goal.
Caballero feels that in the past two to three years, inflation in the value of transfers issued by various teams in the world is extraordinary, but according to him the value of the transfer does not need to be considered as long as the players are able to show consistent performance.