{"id":286643,"date":"2023-09-07T08:21:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T08:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=286643"},"modified":"2023-09-07T08:21:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T08:21:19","slug":"chelseas-on-loan-keeper-kepa-slams-todd-boehlys-1bn-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/chelseas-on-loan-keeper-kepa-slams-todd-boehlys-1bn-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea&apos;s on-loan keeper Kepa slams Todd Boehly&apos;s \u00a31bn &apos;project&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>&#8216;It wasn&#8217;t right&#8217;: Chelsea&#8217;s on-loan keeper Kepa issues a damning verdict on Todd Boehly&#8217;s \u00a31bn &#8216;project&#8217;, as he reveals Mauricio Pochettino &#8216;told me I would play&#8217; before being left with Robert Sanchez<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kepa Arrizabalaga joined Real Madrid on loan this summer\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mauricio Pochettino told the Spaniard he wanted him to stay at Chelsea\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kepa Arrizabalaga revealed he left Chelsea in this summer after growing disillusioned with Todd Boehly&#8217;s &#8216;project&#8217; as he felt he needed a change of scenery.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard joined Real Madrid on loan last month, with Los Blancos needing to replace Thibaut Courtois after the Belgian ruptured his ACL.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Spanish radio COPE,\u00a0Kepa delivered a thinly-veiled criticism of Boehly&#8217;s spending spree and admitted he did not have to think twice about leaving Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I felt it was time for a change of scenery,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I wanted to stay, but I felt that the project was not the right one.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/08\/75156089-0-image-a-2_1694070512685.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kepa Arrizabalaga revealed he left Chelsea in this summer after growing disillusioned with Todd Boehly&#8217;s &#8216;project&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/08\/75122505-0-image-a-1_1694070505695.jpg\" height=\"420\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea have spent over \u00a31billion on players since Boehly took over last year<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea have spent over \u00a31billion on players since Boehly took control of the club last year as Clearlake bought 60 per cent of Chelsea in a \u00a34.25bn takeover.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues splashed \u00a3350m on players this summer, breaking the British transfer record to sign Moises Caicedo from Brighton in a deal worth \u00a3115m seven months after setting the previous record when they signed Enzo Fernandez for \u00a3107m.<\/p>\n<p>The rate of turnover has been similarly frantic in the dug-out, where Mauricio Pochettino is Chelsea&#8217;s third permanent manager in six months after Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter were sacked.<\/p>\n<p>The lavish investment is yet to pay any dividends, with the Blues slumping to their worst ever finish in a Premier League campaign last term and languishing in 12th place after four matches this season.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea paid \u00a372m to sign Kepa\u00a0<span>from Athletic Bilbao in 2018 &#8211; the highest sum ever paid for a goalkeeper &#8211; but spent \u00a325m to bring in Robert Sanchez from Brighton this summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kepa explained Pochettino wanted him to stay after allowing \u00c9douard Mendy to leave Stamford Bridge, but the Spaniard felt he needed a change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;Yes, it was very fast [move to Real Madrid],&#8217; he told Marca.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;It\u2019s true that Pochettino wanted me to stay and he told me that I was going to play, that he trusted me, but I thought that a change would be good for me, I wanted a change.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/08\/75156097-0-image-a-3_1694070545920.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kepa said Mauricio Pochettino wanted him to stay at Chelsea this summer\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;Thomas Tuchel called me. 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