Joe Cole suggests Chelsea must sign £5m goalkeeper who’s ‘one of the best’ around

Wed 26 February 2025 20:15, UK

Chelsea are set to target a new goalkeeper in the summer transfer window after issues with their two main stoppers this season.

Chelsea’s duo Robert Sanchez and Filip Jorgen🍬💝sen have both come under criticism over the course of the campaign.

Sanchez has struggle🐻d to stake a serious claim to be a regular🐼 starter for the Blues.

Howeve👍r, there are also doubts over Jorgensen, particularly in wake of the error which gifted Aston Villa a late win.

Now, Joe Co🥃le has named a goalkeeper he thinks has been amazing this season and suggested that Chelsea should take a look at him.

Chelsea legend Joe Cole hails Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Matz Sels

The player in question is Matz Sels, who has been superb for Nottingham Forest🐎 this season since his £5million move from Strasbourg last year.

“Do you kn✃ow who I think is one of the best goalkeepers in the league at the moment? Sels from Forest,⛎” Cole said on The Dressing Room podcast.

“Mate, I’m telling you. Watch him 𓆉play. 💮Assured, makes saves…

“I don’t know wh♎ether he’s having a golden period in his time but they are out there. You’ve just got to pick the right one.”

C♋ole also argued that Chelsea’s repeated mistakes in the goalkeeping department were a sign that their entire recruitment ꦛmodel could be broken.

“It’s something sy🌠stemically wrong because you can’t have nine goalkeepers on your books and no🔴t know which one is your number one,’ he said.

“꧂You’ve got Kepa [Arrizabalaga] out ⛎on loan, Petrovic out on loan, you’ve bought some young, promising ones.

“If your s🎐ystem works well, you shouldn’t make as many mistakes that❀ have been made with goalkeepers.”

TBR Football chief correspondent Graeme Bailey has confirmed that Chelsea are keeping tabs on Bart Verbruggen of Brighton & Hove Albion.

The Seagulls stopper fits everything tꩲhat Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca wants – he is insistent that a new goalkeeper needs to play from the back.

Chelsea have also done a lot of work on Parma’s Zion Suzuki and Atalanta’s Marco Carnesecchi, both of whom have been shining in ౠSerie A.