Chelsea goalkeeper Willy Caballero has praised the form of Kepa since he arrived at the club last summer.
Kepa joined Chelsea from Athletic Bilbao for a fee in the region of £72m, which made him the most expensive goalkeeper in the history of football.
The Spaniard has played every minute of Chelsea’s Premier League campaign to date and established himself as Maurizio Sarri’s number one at Stamford Bridge.
Speaking to GOAL, Caballero said this:
First of all, we needed a goalkeeper who plays really well with his feet. He is doing really well with that; he has confidence and a good pass. Long and short.
As well as that, he has very quick reactions, good hands and he is doing well. I thought he might need a few weeks and months because adaptation to the Premier League sometimes needs a little bit of time but from the first game, he has been doing really well.
I think that football has gone crazy in the last three or four years. When we talk about a player for the money that we spent, in this market, I think it is a little bit crazy. We shouldn’t talk about money, we have to talk about his performances and I think his performances have been really good.
He joined the club with big shoes to fill, following Thibaut Courtois’ exit to Real Madrid. The Belgian won two Premier League titles with Chelsea, as well as an FA Cup and a League Cup.
Kepa may well secure his first trophy with Chelsea later this month, when they face Manchester City in the League Cup final at Wembley.
