2018/19 season, chelsea spend €208.8m (£172.4m) Signing three huge permanent deals for Maurizio Sarri while offering two loan deals for Mateo Kovacic and Gonzalo Higuain.

This season, the Blues finished third in the league. Premier League and won european leaguedefeated Arsenal 4-1 in Baku. Jorginho is considered the most important of these signings as he played a key role for Sarri at Napoli and will look to translate the system to the Premier League with the Italian midfielder.

But the most expensive signing of that summer was controversial from the outset, from the moment he refused to be substituted to now when it became clear he was not worth the wages he earned for the club.

Chelsea’s costly transfer mistakes

Chelsea sign Kepa Arrizabalaga from Athletic Bilbao The cost is approximately £71.6 millionsucceeds Thibaut Courtois, Joined Real Madrid for around £35m In the same summer window.

When speaking at that time, bluesy director marina granovskaya Outlining her excitement at the capture of the 23-year-old, she said:

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former bilbao man Made 160 appearances for the clubKeeping 59 clean sheets, conceding 175 goals and playing a total of 14,523 minutes, he has largely failed to convince over the past six years or so.

The Spanish goalkeeper has often been criticized for his performances at Chelsea, with pundit Ian Wright specifically stating in 2023 that he was just “made too many mistakes“In fact, in the 2020/21 season, for example, he is leading the way among other goalkeepers in terms of: Errors leading to goals (3).

This 30-year-old is Earn £150,000 a week at Chelseabut is currently on loan to Bournemouth this season. Cherries paid half his salary (£75,000).

But when he returns to the club next season, Kepa will have one year left on his contract until June 2026.

While Chelsea’s goalkeeper position is far from secure, the club hopes to continue paying Kepa Kepa’s high wages, keep the current selection of goalkeepers on more reasonable wages, and potentially seek a new goalkeeper when the time comes.

How Kepa compares to current Chelsea goalkeepers

Roberto Sanchez joins the club from Brighton in 2023 Cost approximately £25 million. Since joining, the 27-year-old has 36 appearances in all competitionsconceded 48 goals, kept 8 clean sheets, and played a total of 3,234 minutes.

Chelsea also made another signing in this department in the summer, acquiring Filip Jorgensen from Villarreal The cost is approximately £20.7 million. The 22-year-old has Ten appearances for the Blues so farPlayed a total of 900 minutes, conceded only 9 goals and kept 4 clean sheets.

When comparing the performance of the three goalkeepers this season, Kepa has the worst save rate despite conceding the most goals against him, conceding the most goals per 90 and making the fewest passes (mainly due to Bournemouth direct kicking).

Chelsea’s current two options are performing better, making more saves despite taking fewer shots, conceding fewer goals per 90, passing more passes per 90, stopping more crosses/controlling their own goals better area.

Considering both Sanchez and Jorgensen performed better and were paid less – Earnings £60,000 per week and £50,000 per weekRespectively – Chelsea should certainly consider signing Granovskaia at the end of the season, whether on a permanent deal to Bournemouth or elsewhere.

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