Chelsea did not stop and is now strengthening its goal

Chelsea have no brakes in the transfer market. The remaining leader in the ranking of clubs that invested more money in reinforcements, now raised the spending bar to 417 million euros after announcing the inclusion of the Serbian goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic for seven seasons with an option for an eighth.

Unknown in European football, Petrovic was 23 years old and hailed from the American New England Revolution, where he arrived in April 2022. Chelsea paid around 16 million euros for him, the highest amount ever paid for an MLS goalkeeper.

Petrovic made his professional debut at the age of 19 in his country’s Cukaricki ranks before making the leap in MLS, where last year he was selected as the best goalkeeper. In July he was part of the MLS All Stars team that faced Arsenal in a friendly match.

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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 at Real Madrid. Apart from the Basque, they have also left Édouard Mendy (Al Ahli from Arabia) and Gabriel Slonina (Belgian Eupen).

Along with Sánchez and Petrovic, Pochettino He has two other goalkeepers in his squad: the veteran Marcus Bettinelli (31 years old) and Lucas Bergström (20).