Chelsea can rectify one of their biggest transfer errors to help start next stage of squad build

The Chelsea board don't get too much wrong. But the deal which took Kepa Arrizabalga to Stamford Bridge remains something of a black mark on the club's record in the transfer market and was chief among the deals in recent years that prompted questions which hadn't been asked before.

Flopped transfer deals, protracted negotiations for players and a series of fallouts with different managers pockmarked the transfer windows that started during Antonio Conte's time at the club and continued until the summer that saw the likes of Timo Werner and Kai Havertz arrive under Frank Lampard. It has taken so long for the board to offload some of the deadwood that they had purchased. Some fringe players still remain on Chelsea’s wage books, blocking the potential for more necessary transfers.

But, finally, there looks to be some light emerging at the end of the tunnel with the Premier League’s second-highest-paid goalkeeper potentially leaving this summer amid reports of Chelsea expecting interest.

That’s right, Kepa Arrizabalaga could be allowed to leave Stamford Bridge as Chelsea begin to sort out some of the problems that have prevented them from continuing to move forward with their squad build.

Kepa Arrizabalaga reportedly earns £155,000 per week courtesy at Chelsea. Only Ben Chilwell, Timo Werner, N’Golo Kante, and Romelu Lukaku are said to earn more than him. Edouard Mendy earns significantly less despite clearly establishing himself as the undisputed No.1 at Stamford Bridge.

Fans have witnessed the Blues miss out on a number of key players in the past such as Jan Oblak and Virgil van Dijk because of the club's apparent failure to negotiate the right wages and price as part of a deal. Instead, options such as Tiemoue Bakayoko,