Chelsea have made the arrival of Spanish goalkeeper Robert Sánchez official for the 2023-2022 Premier League season, with a seven-year contract, until 2030, after having paid 31 million dollars to Brighton & Hove Albion and thus please the strategist Mauricio Pochettino in this summer market that looks very positive for the “Blues”.
The signing of Sánchez, after the departure of goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, implies direct competition for his compatriot and current goalkeeper for the lions, Kepa Arrizabalaga, who is Spanish like him, so that from the bench to the goal the English team will be very Spanish , although also the competitiveness to see who gets the title. Today Sánchez has a new adventure, since from the World Cup in Qatar 2022 to date, Brighton has been relegating him, making his departure imminent for this summer.
The Chelsea board of directors would have closed the negotiation for the goalkeeper from Thursday, but it was not until this Saturday that they made it official, giving the board a warm welcome through social networks.
At the age of 25, the man born in Murcia, Spain, will face the challenge of defending the colors of one of the most traditional and renowned teams in the Premier League, an opportunity that came to him not before knocking on the door, but without success in clubs from the Spanish LaLiga, so he decided to emigrate to English football, where Brighton saw his talent and desire to get ahead under the three sticks at just 15 years old.
It was in 2015, at the age of 18, when he signed his first contract as a professional and in 2020 he managed to debut in the Premier League with Brighton, becoming a goal holder, performances that led him to Luis Enrique, coach of the Spanish National Team , he will turn to see it and sneak into the list to go to his first World Cup, which was in Qatar 2022 although he lived it from the bench.
2023-08-06 00:36:30
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