Chelsea are reportedly contemplating a possible switch transfer for AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan this summer time.
That is regardless of Blues boss Mauricio Pochettino supposedly being content material to start out the brand new season with Kepa Arrizabalaga as his primary, based on the Telegraph.
Maignan has impressed in his time at Milan and most Chelsea followers would in all probability see the French shot-stopper as a great improve on Kepa because the membership’s first selection.
Chelsea’s latest historical past has seen the staff’s success constructed round robust foundations in defence and in aim, with the membership changing into a dominant pressure once they had the likes of Petr Cech and Thibaut Courtois as primary.
Kepa doesn’t appear to be of fairly the identical commonplace, so it’s certainly value investing in somebody like Maignan this summer time, even when Pochettino feels he also can do extra work to get the most effective out of the Spaniard.
It appears an enormous gamble for the Argentine to enter his first season at Stamford Bridge with out addressing this clear space of weak spot, even when there are additionally quite a few different issues he’s inheriting as he heads to west London.