Ikipe ya Arsenal yemeje ko yasinyishije ku mugaragaro umunyezamu w’Umwesipanyoli Kepa Arrizabalaga avuye muri Chelsea ku masezerano y’imyaka itatu, mu igurwa ryatwaye miliyoni £5. Ibi bikurikiye igihe yamaze ari mu ikipe ya Bournemouth ku ntizanyo, aho yakinnye imikino 35 mu mwaka ushize.
Kepa w’imyaka 30 yavuze ko yishimiye intambwe yateye agira ati: “Ndanezerewe cyane kuba ndi hano. Navuganye na Mikel Arteta na Inaki Cana, bambwiye uburyo bafite inyota yo gutsinda, nanjye ndumva turi hafi yo kugera ku bihe bikomeye.”
Uyu musore wakunzwe na benshi mu minsi ye ya mbere muri Athletic Bilbao, ni we munyezamu uhenze cyane mu mateka y’umupira w’amaguru kugeza ubu. Mu 2018, Chelsea yamutanzeho miliyoni £71 ubwo yasimburaga Thibaut Courtois wari werekeje muri Real Madrid.
Nubwo yari afite impano ishimishije, Kepa yahuye n’igitutu cy’igiciro cye ndetse no gutangira nabi muri Premier League. Ibi byatumye akomeza kugirwaho impaka n’abafana n’abasesenguzi, ariko mu mitima y’abatoza n’abakinnyi bagenzi be, yahoraga ari umuntu w’umwuga, wubashywe, kandi w’umunyamurava.
Yabaye kandi umwe mu bakinnyi bafashije Chelsea kwegukana Champions League, Europa League n’igikombe cy’Isi cy’amakipe. Nyuma y’imyaka itari mike asimburanwa mu izamu, yagiye no muri Real Madrid ku ntizanyo mu mwaka wa 2023-24, aho yegukanye indi Champions League n’igikombe cya La Liga.
Kuva ubwo, ntibyari bikiri ibanga ko akeneye intangiriro nshya. Arsenal, nyuma yo kutagumana Neto wari waratijwe bavuye muri Bournemouth, yabonye muri Kepa umuntu ushobora guhangana na mugenzi we David Raya, ndetse agatanga ubunararibonye mu kibuga n’inyuma yacyo.
Kepa, n’ubwo adakunze kuririmbwa nk’abandi banyezamu b’ibyamamare, afite amateka yihariye. Icyo benshi bibuka ni uko yanze gusimburwa mu mukino wa nyuma wa Carabao Cup mu 2019, igikorwa cyamugaragaje nk’utemera amategeko, ariko bamwe bakakibonamo icyemezo cy’umukinnyi w’umutima ukomeye.
