Revealed: Real Reason Chelsea Goalkeeper, Kepa Shuns Bayern Munich For Real Madrid

By Daniel Ojukwu

The Chief Executive Officer(CEO)  of Bayern Munich Football Club of Germany, Jan-Christian Dreesen, has revealed the real reason Chelsea goalkeeper, Kepa Arrizabalaga, snubbed the Bundlesliga  giants to join La Liga club side, Real Madrid .

According to Dressen, the keeper decided to join the Spanish giants because he hails from there, adding that a deal for Kepa was very close

The Bundesliga champions were keen on signing Kepa following the departure of Yann Sommer to Inter Milan.

However, Madrid came in at the last minute following an ACL injury to Thibaut Courtois, and will now take the Spaniard stopper on a one-year loan deal.

 “We were close to this deal and we actually wanted to present Kepa today. But he chose to join Real Madrid.

“He’s Spanish and so Kepa wanted to accept Real proposal,” Dreesen said.

The 28-year-old is set to play at the Santiago Bernabeu this season after agreeing a temporary switch that does not include the option for a permanent transfer.

Kepa will replace former Chelsea ‘keeper Thibaut Courtois, who suffered a long-term knee injury in training last week, and has chosen Madrid over Bayern Munich.Fellow Spain international Robert Sanchez will replace Kepa as Chelsea’s new No1 as the Blues look to add another goalkeeper to the squad for competition. Sanchez joined Chelsea last week in a £25million move from Brighton.

It’s unclear whether Kepa will play any part at Stamford Bridge against Liverpool on Sunday, with Sanchez joining too late to be involved in the pre-season tour to the United States.

Chelsea targeted both Valencia’s Giorgi Mamardashvili and Borussia Dortmund’s Gregor Kobel as goalkeeping options earlier in the transfer window and could now return to the negotiating table.

Kepa was the longest-serving senior player in Chelsea’s squad but now new captain Reece James takes that mantle.