Chelsea have confirmed the signing of goalkeeper Robert Sanchez from Brighton.
The Blues agreed a deal worth £25million to buy the Spaniard as competition for first-choice goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.
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Sanchez, 25, pens a seven-year deal at Stamford Bridge and takes the club’s summer spending spree beyond £175m.
However, ex-Premier League star and talkSPORT pundit Darren Bent believes Chelsea signed the wrong goalkeeper.
Questions remain over Arrizabalaga and Sanchez was Brighton’s back-up goalkeeper last season.
Meanwhile, Brentford goalkeeper David Raya is available for £40m.
Arsenal are trying to sign the Spaniard as competition for Aaron Ramsdale, but Bent asks why Chelsea didn’t get Raya to be their new No.1.
“Bringing in Robert Sanchez, who doesn’t even start for Brighton… I find it quite strange,” Bent said when the deal was agreed.
“David Raya is being linked to Arsenal as their No.2… David Raya is better than Kepa Arrizabalaga. So why would Chelsea not go for him?
“And why would David Raya not think, ‘Hold on, why am I going to Arsenal to play behind Aaron Ramsdale? Why don’t I go to Chelsea and be their No.1?’
“There’s something not quite right with Arsenal’s deal for Raya. If I was Chelsea, I would be trying to get him.”
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