Courtois VS Kepa
It was at the beginning of August 2018 when the signing of Kepa Arrizabalaga by Chelsea was made official. The transfer was set at 80 million euros, and it served so that, in this way, Thibaut Courtois could sign for Real Madrid that same summer. Today the two will meet at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium. It will be the first time that both goalkeepers meet face to face in a Champions League match at the Castellana Coliseum.
The transfer that Zidane terminated
A stadium where Kepa himself could have defended the Madrid shield five years ago now. In the 2017 winter market, Madrid began looking for young Spanish players who would stand out. The idea that the white board was already handling was to reinforce key positions with young Spaniards. The first two on the list were Kepa himself and Álvaro Odriozola. The second ended up arriving that summer of 2018, along with other footballers like Vallejo. However, the meta was left without landing in the white entity…