{"id":1136612,"date":"2020-03-15T12:50:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T12:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1136612"},"modified":"2020-03-15T12:29:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T12:29:51","slug":"chelsea-replace-kepa-jan-oblak-atletico-madrid","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/chelsea-replace-kepa-jan-oblak-atletico-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea urged to replace Kepa with Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span id=\"urn:enhancement-80ae40e8\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/chelsea_f-c\">Chelsea<\/span> should sign Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak to replace Kepa Arrizabalaga, according to Graeme Souness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arrizabalaga joined <span id=\"urn:enhancement-88393dac\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/chelsea_f-c\">Chelsea<\/span> in 2018\/19 and had a decent debut campaign, helping the club secure a top-four finish and win the Europa League, saving two penalties in the semi-final shootout against Eintracht Frankfurt.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Spaniard has come under fire this season for bad performances and his poor save percentage, with <span id=\"urn:enhancement-3989773\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/chelsea_f-c\">Chelsea&#8217;s<\/span> defence struggling under <span id=\"urn:enhancement-c18a0de4\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/frank_lampard\">Frank Lampard<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Kepa Arrizabalaga vs Jan Oblak: Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Kepa Arrizabalaga has been the subject of significant criticism at <span id=\"urn:enhancement-5200b885\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/chelsea_f-c\">Chelsea<\/span> this season.<\/li>\n<li>The Spaniard has saved just 56.16% of the shots on targets he has faced in the <span id=\"urn:enhancement-2cd49fcf\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/premier_league_2\">Premier League<\/span> this season.<\/li>\n<li>He was dropped during February and replaced by Willy Caballero.<\/li>\n<li>Graeme Souness believes <span id=\"urn:enhancement-d72720cc\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/chelsea_f-c\">Chelsea<\/span> should look to sign Jan Oblak in the summer.<\/li>\n<li>The Slovenian made nine saves in Atletico&#8217;s Champions League last-16 second leg win over <span id=\"urn:enhancement-42f5c198\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Liverpool<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; 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The Slovenian was influential as Diego Simeone&#8217;s side reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League at the expense of defending champions <span id=\"urn:enhancement-6d7315b3\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Liverpool<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In the second leg at Anfield, Oblak made nine saves, more than any other goalkeeper in a single Champions League knockout stage game this season.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Oblak&#8217;s performance at Anfield to Irish broadcaster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/sport\/champions-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RTE<\/a>, Souness asked: &#8220;Do we know how old he is? (to which other pundits replied: 27) There you go <span id=\"urn:enhancement-47e2a53d\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/chelsea_f-c\">Chelsea<\/span>!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span id=\"urn:enhancement-c848b830\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/chelsea_f-c\">Chelsea<\/span> are looking for a goalkeeper. He\u2019s been a top man for a long time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Know Your Squad: \u2018Pulisic?!\u2019 Chelsea fans quizzed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FX6vXks5uSU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_QgsfA8W1TdLADOz0txpTg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Simeone hails Atletico&#8217;s Messi<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>After Wednesday night&#8217;s heroics against Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s side, praise was high for Oblak, and no one placed higher emphasis on the goalkeeper&#8217;s importance than Atletico manager Simeone. Such was the level of the shot-stopper&#8217;s display at Anfield, Simeone dubbed Oblak as Atletico Madrid&#8217;s own <span id=\"urn:enhancement-b4e2b218\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/golden_boy_award\">Lionel Messi<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe (Oblak) is as important as the others, as much as (Stefan) Savic, (Renan) Lodi, Felipe, (Joao) Felix,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/diego-simeone-responds-klopp-criticism-atletico-madrid-tactics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut in Oblak, we have the best goalkeeper in the world, that is true. He is as important to us, as <span id=\"urn:enhancement-c3f0e2d7\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/golden_boy_award\">Messi<\/span> is to <span id=\"urn:enhancement-2849ffe2\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/fc_barcelona\">Barcelona<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea should sign Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak to replace Kepa Arrizabalaga, according to Graeme Souness. Arrizabalaga joined Chelsea in 2018\/19 and had a decent debut campaign, helping the club secure a top-four finish and win the Europa League, saving two penalties in the semi-final shootout against Eintracht Frankfurt. 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