5 players who could save Real Madrid this season

#1 Kepa Arrizabalaga

Kepa could replace Keylor at Madrid

If we looked at the rumours and evaluated each of them, then Kepa to Madrid looks like the most likely transfer to happen in this window. The Blancos rarely sign important players in January, but Kepa’s arrival would be an anomaly to the earlier claim.

Keylor Navas is a good goalkeeper, but he is highly eccentric and hasn’t been able to display his Levante-level of concentration. Indeed, against Barcelona in the Clasico last month, he made some brilliant saves to deny the Catalans in the first half, but easily let one past him with Luis Suarez’s opening goal.

As a result, Madrid need someone stable to defend the posts—and Kepa is the only realistic and feasible option at this point in time. The Atheltic Club shot-stopper is perhaps the best goalkeeper in Spain after Marc-Andre ter Stegen and is really young, which leaves the doors open for improvement.

Saving goals saves matches—and Kepa is becoming a pioneer at it.