Former Aston Villa and Liverpool midfielder Stan Collymore has heaped the reward on Graham Potter for the way the Chelsea supervisor has handled goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Kepa, 28, joined Chelsea from Atletico Bilbao again in 2018 for a switch payment price a whopping £72m.
Regardless of, on the time, being rated as considered one of Europe’s most proficient goalkeepers, the Spanish shot-stopper has endured a tricky 4 years in London.
Struggling to persuade any of his earlier managers that he was able to being the Blues’ primary, the 28-year-old has discovered himself frozen out and going through a really unsure future.
Following the membership’s choice to signal Edouard Mendy, who has gone on to be a sensational signing, Kepa’s struggles have been amplified.
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Nevertheless, one one that feels the Spaniard has been handed an unlikely profession lifeline is Collymore, who believes new boss Potter deserves big quantities of credit score for making a extra ‘aggressive atmosphere’.
“Kepa is a participant who’s benefiting from Potter’s arrival,” Collymore stated in an unique interview.
“He’s began in Chelsea’s final two matches and he’s taking part in nicely. That is one other nice choice from Potter. He’s are available in and stated ‘look lads, I’m right here now, so everybody has a clear slate – impress me.’
“In Kepa’s scenario, he was written off very early into his Chelsea profession and Potter has are available in, opened his door, put his arm round him and has now created a aggressive atmosphere among the many membership’s shot-stoppers, and the largest winner out of this example just isn’t the goalkeepers or the supervisor, it’s the soccer membership, so followers needs to be actually happy with how Potter has dealt with this since he arrived.”
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