{"id":195211,"date":"2024-07-01T11:48:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T11:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/01\/real-madrid-prepared-to-reconsider-kepa-arrizabalaga-transfer-stance\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T11:48:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T11:48:21","slug":"real-madrid-prepared-to-reconsider-kepa-arrizabalaga-transfer-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/01\/real-madrid-prepared-to-reconsider-kepa-arrizabalaga-transfer-stance\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid \u2018prepared to reconsider\u2019 Kepa Arrizabalaga transfer stance \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Real Madrid are open to re-signing goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga if Andriy Lunin departs, according to a recent report.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kepa joined Los Blancos on loan in August 2023, stepping in for Thibaut Courtois after he suffered an ACL tear during training but, despite initially beginning as a starter, the Chelsea loanee lost his place to Andriy Lunin and ended the season with just 20 appearances in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Madrid\u00a0declined to pursue a permanent transfer for Kepa, who was relegated to third-choice when Courtois made his return late in the campaign, and sent the stopper back to\u00a0Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to\u00a0<em>MARCA<\/em>, Madrid could re-think their stance on Kepa, who could be brought back to the club if Lunin decides to take his talents elsewhere.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/01j1n9cmfqjxawwjbb5y.jpg\" alt=\"Kepa Arrizabalaga, Thibaut Courtois, Andriy Lunin\" title=\"Kepa Arrizabalaga, Thibaut Courtois, Andriy Lunin\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Kepa could still return to Madrid \/ JAVIER SORIANO\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Lunin\u2019s current contract has just 12 months left to run and an extension has not yet been signed, although the Ukraine international has not asked to depart the club either.<\/p>\n<p>Having impressed during his time as a starter, Lunin has attracted plenty of interest from elsewhere, and if he chooses to leave in search of regular minutes, it is reported that Madrid could look to bring Kepa back.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea want to sell Kepa permanently this summer as he enters the final year of his own contract and are braced to make an enormous loss on the record fee of \u00a371.6m paid to sign him in the summer of 2018.<\/p>\n<p>With Kepa also keen to return to Madrid, negotiations may not be particularly challenging for anyone involved, but the 29-year-old\u2019s future remains tied to Lunin for now.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-49-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-885153\"  \/><\/figure>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid are open to re-signing goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga if Andriy Lunin departs, according to a recent report. Kepa joined Los Blancos on loan in August 2023, stepping in for Thibaut Courtois after he suffered an ACL tear during training but, despite initially beginning as a starter, the Chelsea loanee lost his place to Andriy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Real Madrid \u2018prepared to reconsider\u2019 Kepa Arrizabalaga transfer stance \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/01\/real-madrid-prepared-to-reconsider-kepa-arrizabalaga-transfer-stance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Real Madrid \u2018prepared to reconsider\u2019 Kepa Arrizabalaga transfer stance \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Real Madrid are open to re-signing goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga if Andriy Lunin departs, according to a recent report. 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