Arsenal is missing only a strong center? No! Kepa is the last piece of puzzle

2022-23, 2023-24, for two consecutive seasons, Arsenal ranked second in the Premier League with a slight gap. Many celebrities and media people pointed out that if Arteta's team has a strong center and top scorer, they can win the championship. Kane, Isaac, etc. are all suitable candidates.

In recent years, Arsenal has spent a lot of money in the transfer market, but Arteta just doesn't buy centers and has made it clear: he is not worried about the team's goals.

In the 2024-25 season, Arsenal's Premier League points finally surpassed Manchester City, but failed to surpass Liverpool and still ranked second. In the Champions League, Arsenal finally made a big move, and defending champion Real Madrid advanced in the quarter-finals, but was eliminated by Paris Saint-Germain in the semi-finals.

Saka, Martinelli, Jesus... were all injured. Arsenal had no forward available for a time, and even the offensive midfielder Havertz, who played the guest center, was reimbursed for the season. Arteta allowed Spanish midfielder Merino to play as a guest center, which was better than Havertz, but after all, he was not a center and had been injured. When he played against Paris Saint-Germain at home, Merino was absent due to injury.

In recent times, there have been many rumors about Arsenal's signings, including Yorke, Maduaike, Rodrigo, Cesco... there are centers and wingers. But Arteta's team, with the first signing this summer, is a goalkeeper.

On July 1, Arsenal officially announced that it would sign 30-year-old Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa and pay a 5 million pounds termination fee.

This signing is likely to be the most critical signing for Arsenal's championship!

A good goalkeeper is heading for half of the team, which is definitely a famous saying!

In the 2024-25 season, if Paris Saint-Germain did not have Donnarumma, he would not have won the Champions League championship, and he would not be able to pass the away game against Liverpool in the second leg of the 1/8 final. In the first-time 1/8 final of the Club World Cup, Riyadh Crescent unexpectedly eliminated the favorite Manchester City to win the championship. Without goalkeeper Bunu's 10 saves in 90 minutes, Inzaghi's team would not be able to withstand overtime.

In the 2017-18 season, Klopp led Liverpool to the Champions League final and missed the championship by losing to Real Madrid. Goalkeeper Karius's performance was a disaster. Learning from the lessons, Klopp spared no expense to sign "Messi among goalkeepers" Allison, and then won the Champions League and Premier League championships in a row. In the 2016-17 season, Guardiola coached Manchester City in his first season. The four major lines were built with huge sums. Bravo's save was a disaster. Guardiola introduced Brazil's goalkeeper Ederson, and his defense improved greatly, which established the Premier League hegemony. Of course, Ederson is not much better than Bravo in the past. Manchester City was eliminated by the Crescent. Ederson's performance is like he can't keep a goal against Bunubi on the opposite side.

Kepa has been silent for many years, but he was also famous back then!

In the summer window of 2018, Chelsea introduced Kepa, who was 23 years old at the time from Athletic Bilbao. The transfer fee was as high as 80 million euros, setting a record for the most expensive transfer fee for the goalkeeper. In the 2022-23 season, as the main goalkeeper, Kepa still performed well at Chelsea. In the summer of 2023, Kepa was loaned to Real Madrid and a year later to Bournemouth.

Arsenal's current main goalkeeper, Spanish goalkeeper Raya, one year younger than Kepa, is obviously incomparable to the peak Kepa, and is not considered a goalkeeper of the world's top level.

30 years old, for the goalkeeper, in his year of playing, if Kepa can return to his peak at Arsenal, Arteta's team has more hope of winning the Premier League or Champions League championship.