Real brought Kepa to replace Courtois

Real will hold the launch ceremony of Kepa at the team headquarters, then he will attend the press conference to launch Tuesday 15/8. The contract between Chelsea and Real does not have a buy-out clause, so Kepa will only catch one season in Spain and then return to England.

Kepa was born in 1994, grew up in the training camp of Athletic Bilbao before moving to Chelsea in the summer of 2018 with a record transfer fee for the goalkeeper of $ 91 million. He started in the first two seasons, then substituted for Edouard Mendy in the next two seasons. Due to Mendy's decline, Kepa was able to play more last season, but then lost his place to rookie Robert Sanchez.

Kepa once attracted attention when he refused to leave the field despite being substituted by coach Maurizio Sarri in the 2019 English League Cup final against Man City. That action caused him to be disciplined for one match, then continue to be arrested.

Kepa is likely to start at Real this season, when Courtois ruptured his knee ligament and could be out for up to eight months. Real's reserve goalkeeper Andriy Lunin did not bring peace of mind, causing President Florentino Perez to decide to borrow Kepa.

Chelsea also want to add a backup goalkeeper for Sanchez, because they only have a young goalkeeper in the squad. They are targeting Kasper Schmeichel as the 37-year-old goalkeeper is losing ground in Nice.

Before going to Real, Kepa was also targeted by Bayern to replace Manuel Neuer and Yann Sommer but the deal failed. At this time, "Gray Lobster" may recruit David de Gea, but the former Man Utd goalkeeper has another option to go to Saudi Arabia to play football. Al Nassr is willing to pay De Gea a better regime to convince him to turn down Bayern.