He almost joined Bayern, now Bellingham has helped Kepa make a winning start with Madrid

Kepa was about to head to Bayern before Courtois' injury gave him the chance to join Real Madrid

Arrizabalaga, an unused substitute for both matches in Spain’s Nations League finals triumph in June, had not played a competitive game since Chelsea’s 1-1 draw at home toNearly three months later, 89 days, he was back in the gloves, capping an exciting few weeks. In Spain’s far north-west, by not conceding a goal, he finished the start of his new life, one which is very different to what he might have thought it would be as July turned into August.

Arrizabalaga trained at the club’s Valdebebas base from day one, although this was hidden from the public for bureaucratic reasons.’s place in the starting line-up against Almeria last Saturday. The Ukrainian found out about it at the hotel, when Ancelotti announced the team. Lunin was confident that his good performances would keep him in the team, but the words from his coach after a 3-1 away win led him to believe this would not be the case.

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