{"id":625639,"date":"2023-07-27T13:16:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T17:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=625639"},"modified":"2023-07-27T13:16:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T17:16:45","slug":"chelsea-shortlist-goalkeepers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/27\/chelsea-shortlist-goalkeepers\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Man Shortlist Decided to Replace Player as Poch &#8216;Doesn&#8217;t like&#8217; His Abilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With only a month before the transfer window closes, Chelsea are searching for a possible first-choice goalkeeper. Edouard Mendy, who was signed for a lower fee of \u00a322 million compared to Kepa&#8217;s \u00a372 million, experienced the highs of being the first-choice goalkeeper and eventually the lows of losing that position back last season.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with Mendy&#8217;s departure to Al Ahli, and Mauricio Pochettino&#8217;s growing unhappiness with Arrizabalaga, the team are in search of a new shot-stopper.<\/p>\n<p>[metabet_core_side_odds_tile query=&#8221;soe\/chelsea&#8221; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; site_id=&#8221;metabet-website&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea Are on the Lookout for a Potential First Choice Goalkeeper<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chelsea are looking at goalkeepers.<\/p>\n<p>Poch doesn\u2019t like Kepa\u2019s distribution &amp; is getting GK coaches to work on it.<\/p>\n<p>PL experience is valued for new GK &amp; targets such as Raya, Robert Sanchez &amp; Emi Martinez remain. Chelsea also like &amp; heavily scouted Anatoliy Trubin from Shakhtar. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r990FrAFQT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/r990FrAFQT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Felix (@FelixJohnston_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FelixJohnston_\/status\/1684150509425381376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Moving on from Kepa Arrizabalaga<\/h3>\n<p>Although the Spaniard played for almost the entirety of the previous campaign, Pochettino doesn&#8217;t seem to be convinced he is the one to lead the team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/26\/chelsea-contact-marc-guehi-possible-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">Che<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/26\/chelsea-contact-marc-guehi-possible-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">lsea<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/26\/chelsea-contact-marc-guehi-possible-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\"> Hold Talks With \u2018Fantastic\u2019 Defender Over Move<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He &#8220;doesn&#8217;t like his distribution&#8221; and has had the goalkeeper coaches working on it, while the club searches for his replacement, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FelixJohnston_\/status\/1684150509425381376?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Felix Johnston<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Pricing Concerns<\/h3>\n<p>Nathan Gissing had confirmed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hjsiuT8QdpE\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Byline podcast<\/a> that the Blues had previously shown interest in Manchester United&#8217;s recent signing, Andre Onana, from Inter Milan, but couldn&#8217;t proceed due to pricing issues. This could be a recurring concern for the team as they have prioritized strengthening other positions and are yet to bolster their midfield.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/25\/chelsea-manchester-city-michael-olise-bid\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea Make \u00a339m Bid for PL Star Who Already Agreed to Join<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Considering the exceptionally high price paid for their current first-choice, they have hopes to replicate a &#8216;Mendy&#8217; scenario, where they brought in the Senegalese goalkeeper for just \u00a322 million, a stark contrast to the hefty \u00a372 million spent on the other option.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Blues might face challenges, considering they won&#8217;t be participating in any European competitions this year. Gissing has also ruled out signing <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/03\/mike-maignan-excelling-ac-milan\/\" target=\"_self\">Mike Maignan<\/a> from AC Milan because he was also considered too expensive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V1kus9oZncs\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Where Didier Drogba Ranks Among the Best Premier League Strikers<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Possible Options<\/h3>\n<p>The club has started forming its shortlist of potential replacements, with existing Premier League experience currently being prioritised according to Johnston.<\/p>\n<p>The named targets are David Raya, Robert Sanchez, and Emi Martinez who all play for English sides. It is noted, however, that the team have also heavily scouted Anatoliy Trubin of Shakhtar Donetsk who has never played in the English top flight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured Image<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-624394 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Chelsea-FC-Stamford-Bridge-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"Stamford Bridge - Kylian Mbappe\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Chelsea-FC-Stamford-Bridge-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Chelsea-FC-Stamford-Bridge-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Chelsea-FC-Stamford-Bridge-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Chelsea-FC-Stamford-Bridge-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Chelsea-FC-Stamford-Bridge.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With only a month before the transfer window closes, Chelsea are searching for a possible first-choice goalkeeper. Edouard Mendy, who was signed for a lower fee of \u00a322 million compared to Kepa&#8217;s \u00a372 million, experienced the highs of being the first-choice goalkeeper and eventually the lows of losing that position back last season. Now, with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4786,"featured_media":624394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3,7188],"tags":[8611,2578],"class_list":["post-625639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-chelsea-transfer-rumours","tag-kepa-arrizabalaga"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4786"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}