CEO officially reveals why £71.2M star has made shock Chelsea transfer decision!

Bayern Munich CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen has confirmed that the club made an approach for Kepa Arrizabalaga but the CHELSEA goalkeeper has opted to join Real Madrid.

Kepa has been in talks with Bayern Munich over a move as cover for Manuel Neuer, but has reportedly ‘immediately said yes’ to Real after learning of their interest.

The Spaniard is already said to have said goodbye to CHELSEA teammates and is ready to travel back to his homeland.

Speaking at Harry Kane’s unveiling in Munich on Sunday, Dreesen confirmed that Bayern had held talks with Chelsea and Kepa but says the former Athletic Bilbao shot-stopper has opted to return to his homeland with Real.

WHAT HAS BEEN SAID – 

Asked about the goalkeeper situation and rumoured interest in Kepa, Dreesen was quoted on Sky Sports: ‘Well I am confident that we will find a solution in that position.

‘But first of all I want to say that with Sven Ulreich we do have a good goalkeeper, he was always there when we needed him.

‘We didn’t lose the game yesterday [against RB Leipzig in the German Super Cup] because of Ulreich and we are happy he is here and part of our team.

‘But we are trying to find a solution for this complicated situation. Of course we are closely connected with Manuel Neuer and we are confident he will come back in the second half of this year.

‘He’s really confident as well, but it’s hard to say when he will come back. You can never say when with this kind of injury.

‘We are trying to work on getting a second goalkeeper. Yesterday we were quite close [to signing someone], we wanted to present Kepa, the Chelsea goalkeeper, today.

‘But he has chosen to join Real Madrid. He is Spanish and so he wanted to accept Real’s proposal.

‘There are other possibilities, I don’t want to say too much about it, but we’ll find a good solution.’

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