Chelsea have sprung a shock by together with retired goalkeeping legend Petr Cech of their 25-man Premier League squad listing.
The Blues’ listing was confirmed on Tuesday, and Cech’s identify was rapidly picked up on.
The 38-year-old rejoined Chelsea, the place he spent a lot of his enjoying profession, as a technical and efficiency advisor after hanging up his gloves at Arsenal final 12 months.
Chelsea confirmed his inclusion was not a mistake in an announcement: “Petr Cech has been included within the squad as emergency goalkeeper cowl. This can be a precautionary step as a result of unprecedented situations at the moment brought on by the Covid-19 disaster. “He takes up a place as a non-contract participant.”
Erm, guys… Petr Cech is on Chelsea’s squad listing for the Premier League #CFC https://t.co/WxieOTJqPM pic.twitter.com/1YxtVXlz6W
— Liam Twomey (@liam_twomey) October 20, 2020
The Czech worldwide will reportedly practice exterior of Chelsea’s first-team bubble in order to attenuate the chance of a Covid outbreak forcing all of their senior goalkeepers to self-isolate.
Cech is a legend at Stamford Bridge, the place he performed from 2004 to 2015.
In that point he made 494 appearances, holding 228 clear sheets.
Kepa has let in additional objectives in his final six PL appearances than Petr Cech did in the entire of 2004-05.
— Duncan Alexander (@oilysailor) October 20, 2020
He additionally received 15 trophies, together with 4 Premier League titles, 4 FA Cups, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.
Regardless of rising considerations over Kepa Arrizabala’s type between the sticks, it’s unlikely Cech will probably be pressured to don a Chelsea shirt as soon as once more given he’ll be the fourth alternative behind the Spaniard, summer time signing Edouard Mendy and Willy Caballero.
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