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🚨 Confirmed: This Arsenal signing is almost definitely going through and it looks like fantastic business

This is an absolute steal.

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Jun 10, 2025
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I think the Kepa deal is a fantastic one if it gets done, which it appears it will.

Arsenal have acted really quickly after it became clear that Joan Garcia would not be arriving from Espanyol this summer and have all but wrapped up a really smart piece of business.

Landing a keeper like Kepa for just £5 million is an absolute steal. I’m honestly baffled at how there seems to be some who are questioning it.

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I can only think the issue for some is that it will be another signing from Chelsea. I can understand that in a way given what has gone on in the past, but when you put that to one side and just take this deal for what it is then there is nothing to complain about.

You are talking about a keeper approaching his best years who has plenty of experience and is a senior international. He had a very good season on loan at Bournemouth last season and the season before he helped Real Madrid win the Champions League while he was there.

Yes, he had some high profile issues when he first arrived at Chelsea. The world record transfer fee clearly was a weight on his shoulders that he struggled to deal with.

But those days are behind him. He’s shown himself to be a fine goalkeeper at this level.

And remember, he’s coming in as a No.2. Providing Raya stays fit, then Kepa will only play a handful of games.

It’s just a really good deal at an exceptional price. And the fact it looks like it will be wrapped up early in the summer is a real positive.

What went wrong with the Joan Garcia transfer?

We all know that Garcia was the keeper Arsenal really wanted, but the season he just had at Espanyol basically made that an impossible deal to do this summer.

He was never going to come to be Raya’s No.2. His remarkable progress during the past 12 months ended Arsenal’s hopes of getting him.

So they had to move on to other targets and in moving so quickly for Kepa and taking advantage of that release clause they have shown a lot of nous in the market.

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