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are trying into turning Kepa Arrizabalaga’s mortgage right into a everlasting deal from as they assess their No 1 choices in a busy summer time of goalkeeper exercise within the switch market.

With Chelsea shaping their squad for the longer term, agreeing a £62.3 million take care of Sporting Lisbon for , and is anticipated to see gamers comparable to Kepa allowed to depart for the fitting deal.

Arrizabalaga has been on a season-long mortgage on the Vitality Stadium and has performed in all however three of the video games he has been eligible for, enjoying a key function in Andoni Iraola’s workforce competing for Champions League qualification.

With their No 1 set to go again to Stamford Bridge on the finish of the season, Bournemouth have been assessing their choices for subsequent season and are understood to be open to Kepa staying on the south-coast.

Kepa has one full season left on his deal at Chelsea, with a deal to depart prone to contain a few of his wages being lined for the ultimate 12 months of his contract. His kind could appeal to curiosity from different golf equipment as goalkeeper motion within the Premier League is anticipated when the window opens.

Who is definite to maneuver?

There may be one sure goalkeeper arrival in the summertime as Liverpool have already agreed a deal to signal Georgia worldwide Giorgi Mamardashvili from Valencia. The package deal price £29m was finalised final summer time and Mamardashvili has spent the season in Spain forward of the transfer.

With Alisson Becker established as Liverpool’s No 1 for the final seven years, Arne Slot may have a choice to make on the set-up of his pool of goalkeepers.

Liverpool No 2 Caoimhin Kelleher has beforehand been topic to bids – Nottingham Forest tried to signal him final season – and is prone to generate curiosity from golf equipment trying to provide him a daily place. Bournemouth have been linked with him, though Kepa is firmly of their sights if a deal might be agreed.

Who else is available on the market?

Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford has been breaking information within the Championship and Newcastle stay all in favour of touchdown him. They checked out a deal final summer time however profit-and-sustainability guidelines meant they needed to thrash out a deal for Elliot Anderson with Forest and it meant Greece goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos shifting in the wrong way.

“It was a chance that I might have gone to Newcastle however I didn’t,” stated Trafford.

Manchester United have been assessing their long-term choices beneath Ruben Amorim, with Andre Onana signed beneath earlier supervisor Erik ten Hag. Wolves goalkeeper Sam Johnstone was within the body for a spot in England’s squad for the European Championship a 12 months in the past earlier than harm struck. He may very well be out there after solely enjoying FA Cup matches because the flip of the 12 months.

One wildcard available on the market is Leicester’s Mads Hermansen, who has been quietly spectacular regardless of his membership struggling this season and looking out virtually sure to be relegated to the Championship. At 24, he is an efficient age for a workforce to put money into the goalkeeper.

Arsenal are one other membership who may very well be out there for a goalkeeper as they proceed to seek for a everlasting backup to David Raya, with Neto’s mortgage from Bournemouth ending this summer time.

Who’re Chelsea signing?

Sporting have confirmed they’ve agreed offers with Chelsea for Quenda and Essugo. Quenda will stick with the Portuguese giants subsequent season, whereas Essugo will arrive at Stamford Bridge in the summertime after finishing his mortgage at Las Palmas in Spain.

Essugo, 20, is a extremely rated younger defensive-midfielder who will price Chelsea £18.65m, whereas Quenda has been scouted by Europe’s prime groups and can transfer in a deal beginning at £42.7m, with add-ons making up the remainder of the charge.

Brazilian Estevao Willian and Ecuadorian Kendry Paez will even transfer to Chelsea in the summertime.