Chelsea has no brake on the transfer market. Outstanding leader in the ranking of clubs that have invested more money in reinforcements, today raised the spending bar to 417 million euros after announcing the incorporation of the Serbian goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic for seven seasons with an option for an eighth.
Unknown in European football, Petrovic is 23 years old and comes from the American New England Revolution, to which he arrived in April 2022. Chelsea pays about 16 million euros for him, the highest amount paid by an MLS goalkeeper.
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Petrovic made his professional debut at the age of 19 in the ranks of his country’s Cukaricki before making the leap to the MLS, where last year he was chosen as the best goalkeeper. In July he was part of the MLS All Stars team that faced Arsenal in a friendly match.
He is the second goalkeeper signed by Mauricio Pochettino this summer after the Catalan robert sanchezfrom Brighton and the undisputed starter after the departure of Kepa Arrizabalaga to Real Madrid. In addition to the Basque, they have also left Édouard Mendy (Al Ahli from Arabia) and Gabriel Slonina (Belgian Eupen).
Together with Sánchez and Petrovic, Pochettino He has two other goalkeepers in his squad: the veteran Marcus Bettinelli (31 years old) and Lucas Bergström (20).
2023-08-27 04:36:41
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