Just be patient with this kid. He'll make mistakes for sure but he's young and talented. United fans had almost given up from De Gea and now he's like God for these hypocrites. Please, don't be like them. 

What's his weight and height? 

Edited August 9, 20187 yr by Giordano_Bruno

 

 

His English is pretty good already. Nice to see Dave taking him under his wing.

Looking forward to seeing him hopefully on Saturday if not against Arsenal.

The  fee it’s a huge but when you just look at our business relating to GK over the last few years is it that bad a deal?

1) We are said to be getting £35 million from Real

2) The player( his name escapes me ) going to Real had he signed a new deal would have been circa £4 million , £80k Weekly more in wages. So on what probably would have been at least a 3 year deal that’s £12 million extra 

3) When the player detailed at 2) above was initaly purchased he went on loan for a few years the fees received for that loan in effect meant that when he returned to Chelsea hevin effect cost nothing

4) Cech as we all know was sold for £10 million that was in effect a GK windfall. We also made around £2 million from selling Becovic

Ok my assumptions are clearly open to challenge but we now have a GK aged 23 highly rated and on a very long term contract.

May not be the madness some suggest.

Edited August 9, 20187 yr by terraloon

Good stuff, Great transfer window so far.

 

I know it's a highlight video but he makes some saves there that I'm pretty sure courtois wouldn't have made.

Let's hope he's as good as this video suggest. And let's hope he's a nicer bloke than Tibo. The first is definitely more of a challenge than the second.

Kepa made 2 errors last season that led to goals. In comparison Tibo made none last season. I think Kepa will make a couple. We have to forgive him for those. Still a young boy this one. Prems physicality in the box will surprise him for sure. 

Anyway so glad he is ours. Welcome Kepa!! 

1 hour ago, Giordano_Bruno said:

Just be patient with this kid. He'll make mistakes for sure but he's young and talented. United fans had almost given up from De Gea and now he's like God for these hypocrites. Please, don't be like them. 

What's his weight and height? 

186cm so 6'2 ft. Not that tall for a keeper but decent. Courtois is 4 inches taller 

Edited August 9, 20187 yr by zes

18 minutes ago, evissy said:

Kepa made 2 errors last season that led to goals. In comparison Tibo made none last season. I think Kepa will make a couple. We have to forgive him for those. Still a young boy this one. Prems physicality in the box will surprise him for sure. 

Anyway so glad he is ours. Welcome Kepa!! 

Depends how you define an error. I personally would say letting Messi stick the ball through your legs twice would be two errors. 

2 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Depends how you define an error. I personally would say letting Messi stick the ball through your legs twice would be two errors. 

I consider this as not even having a keeper at the particular situation, just put it on target and it's in

24 minutes ago, evissy said:

Kepa made 2 errors last season that led to goals. In comparison Tibo made none last season. I think Kepa will make a couple. We have to forgive him for those. Still a young boy this one. Prems physicality in the box will surprise him for sure. 

Anyway so glad he is ours. Welcome Kepa!! 

Unless those errors mean actually throwing the ball into your own net, then those stats are bullsh*t. Tibbles made loads of f**k ups last season. The guy can't seem to save anything at the near post and lets in far to much between his legs. In fact, all he seems to be good at is catching balls from crosses!

14 minutes ago, zes said:

186cm so 6'2 ft. Not that tall for a keeper but decent. Courtois is 4 inches taller 

It says here he's 189cm tall

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepa_Arrizabalaga
https://www.dreshare.com/kepa-arrizabalaga/
https://www.transfermarkt.com/kepa-arrizabalaga/profil/spieler/192279

5 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

It says here he's 189cm tall

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepa_Arrizabalaga
https://www.dreshare.com/kepa-arrizabalaga/
https://www.transfermarkt.com/kepa-arrizabalaga/profil/spieler/192279

Oh right so I read he's 6'2 ft,  got the cm wrong. Thanks for the correction. 

Watch his first interview in the app. 

Very analytic and humble guy. Likeable person. I like him. Great to have him! Looks like he is a football-student as Mata for example. 

2 minutes ago, zes said:

Oh right so I read he's 6'2 ft,  got the cm wrong. Thanks for the correction. 

Are you satisfied with the those extra centimeters? =)) 

1 minute ago, evissy said:

Are you satisfied with the those extra centimeters? =)) 

Yes those 3 extra cm give me more reassurance 

Edited August 9, 20187 yr by zes

6 foot 2 is still pretty tall, plenty tall to be a great keeper anyway.

 

He looks very happy to be here which for me is the main thing considering the negative player we're replacing! Have a good feeling about this guy, lets give him a proper chance to become the next Petr Cech.

Welcome to the family Kepa if even manage to show an ounce more desire and pride in playing for this club unlike the tosser before you,you will go on to be a legend here at Chelsea...

The 7 year contract made me laugh. 

The club learning from their mistake with Courtois... 

If you're buying any player, especially one so young then why not offer them 6/7 year contracts? 

It's like our rule of not offering players over 30 more than 12 month extensions, it's a stupid rule because players can comfortably play into their mid 30s now, no problems. You can't keep letting your best players run their contracts down because as we've seen with Courtois it's too risky. 

Look at Spurs with Harry Kane, he's getting improved contracts almost every year! That's because Levy knows that securing your best/most expensive assets is key. 

Didn't even realise 7 year contracts were legal. I thought you could only offer 5 years with a clause for a 6th year option. 

Phew !! Was getting a tad concerned when courtois never showed up, good work CFC !!

I wish Kepa many years of success at Chelsea. 

Hopefully he can hit the ground running, though adaptation will no doubt be an issue. 

 

We'll just call him Steve.

He's a bit more marketing friendly than Courtois as well ... that will be worth a few more quid over the 7 years ...