La Liga: Kepa hints at being done with Chelsea, hopes to make deal with Real Madrid permanent

Spanish goalkeeper, Kepa Arrizabalaga has revealed that he hopes to make his loan move from Chelsea to La Liga giant, Real Madrid, permanent.

Recall that the Spaniard completed a season-long loan to Real Madrid on Monday, August 14, days after the club’s number one, Thibaut Courtois, was ruled out for the majority of the season with an ACL injury.

Kepa was unveiled yesterday, August 15, by Real Madrid and he revealed he hopes to complete a permanent deal with the club. 

He said;

“Will I stay after the loan? Hopefully. Today is the first day. We’ll see. Hopefully with my performance I can make that happen.” 

Kepa had told the club’s website earlier;

“This is one of the most important and special days of my sporting career and of my life. I’m very proud to be at Real Madrid. I’ll never be short of hard work, commitment and effort with this jersey both in training and in matches.

“I hope that we can further add to Madrid’s trophy cabinet and enrich the club’s legend. Hala Madrid!”

The 28-year-old made 163 appearances for Chelsea having joined from Athletic Bilbao for £71m in August 2018, the highest fee ever paid for a goalkeeper.

He was facing competition for a starting berth at Stamford Bridge from Robert Sanchez who the Blues signed from Brighton for £25m this summer. In his five seasons at Chelsea, he won one Champions League, one Club World Cup, one European Super Cup and one Europa League.

Real Madrid began their La Liga campaign with a 2-0 win over Bilbao on Sunday, August 13, with Ukrainian goalkeeper Andriy Lunin between the sticks.

Kepa could be handed his Real debut by coach Carlo Ancelotti in a league fixture away to Almeria on Saturday, August 19.