Categories: Football

Chelsea sign Cech … one year after retiring!

One of the proper names for this start of the season is none other than Kepa Arrizabalaga. The international goalkeeper with Spain, who arrived in the summer of 2018 for 80 million euros from Athletic Club, has left many doubts when it comes to defending Chelsea's goal, added to several errors of bulk that has cost more than one displeasure to the team of Frank Lampard. Hence, one of the priorities during this market was to sign a guarantee goalkeeper urgently. The choice was Edouard Mendy, a 28-year-old Senegalese guard who was transferred from Stade Rennais for 24 million.

However, Chelsea, not happy with it, wanted to go further. This Tuesday, hours before its premiere in the Champions League, had to announce the list of 25 players for the Premier League. In her, To everyone's surprise, an old acquaintance appeared: Petr Cech! The 38-year-old Czech goalkeeper who retired in June 2019 when he was then an Arsenal player. Until now, He served as sports director 'blue' (He was even decisive in the signing of Mendy himself). A preventive measure in the event of a possible emergency due to COVID-19.

However, It is not the first time that Cech has come out of retirement. Already In October last year, he once again surprised locals and strangers with his signing for Guildford Phoenix, an ice hockey team in the English fourth division.. A passion that he carried within him from a very young age and that he wanted to put to the test after hanging his football gloves. In his first game he got to stop two penalties and be named MVP.

Now, you have to change the skates to put on your boots, gloves and the mythical helmet he has worn since 2007 after suffering a serious head injury a year earlier in a collision with Stephen Hunt during a Chelsea-Reading. Clothing with which, yes, he achieved a most enviable record after his passage: a Champions League, four Premier League (with another four Golden Gloves), five FA Cups, three League Cups or six Community Shields. 2020 never ceases to amaze us.

Gabby Barker

Gabby is someone who is interested in all types of sports, she loves to attend watching matches live. Whenever there is a match being played in her city, she makes sure to get the tickets in advance. Due to the love for sports, she joined Sportsfinding, and started writing general sports news. Apart from writing the news, she is also the editor for the website who checks and edits every news content before they go live.

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