Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga is reportedly near becoming a member of Bournemouth on a season-long mortgage.
Kepa is offered for switch following his return from a mortgage with Actual Madrid however the Blues have to date did not discover a everlasting purchaser, having rejected a bid from Saudi Arabian facet Al Ittihad earlier this summer season.
With admirers Madrid not ready to re-sign Kepa whereas Andriy Lunin stays on the books, the 29-year-old has been pressured to look elsewhere and noticed Bournemouth emerge as contenders for his signature final week.
Now, Fabrizio Romano states Chelsea and Bournemouth are closing in on a deal to take Kepa to the Vitality Stadium for the following 12 months.
Any transfer would additionally see Kepa signal a one-year extension to his Chelsea contract, which is presently resulting from expire subsequent summer season.
Kepa is certainly one of many gamers on the fringes at Chelsea for whom new houses must be discovered and a home mortgage is undoubtedly the best choice for the Blues if they can’t discover a everlasting purchaser.
Groups are restricted to simply six abroad mortgage spots this season and Chelsea are reluctant at hand a type of useful spots to Kepa who, alongside striker Romelu Lukaku, took up a type of useful spots final season.
Chelsea are additionally working to discover a new dwelling for an additional goalkeeper, Djordje Petrovic, who might go away on both a everlasting or mortgage deal earlier than the summer season switch window closes.
Experiences have instructed Petrovic is needed by Chelsea’s sister facet Strasbourg, though the 24-year-old is but to be satisfied by such a transfer.
