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'Glad he's gone' or a 'silly sale will probably haunt us'?
We asked for your views on Kepa - who was signed for a record £71m fee for a goalkeeper - departing to Arsenal for £ are some of your comments:Stu: Saying he was a victim of his price tag is an over simplification. We had Cech and Courtois at the club at the same time. Once Cech moved on Courtois stepped up - arguably two of the greatest goalkeepers the world has seen. Then we bought Kepa. Their shoes were just too big to fill and it's been a problem ever since. He was simply the first of many goalkeeping failures Chelsea can't seem to Why sell Kepa for £5m when he is as good, if not better, than any of Chelsea's current keepers? And, especially to a London rival!Chris: Contrary to a lot of my fellow Chelsea supporters, I always rated Kepa and I still rate him higher than Sanchez and Jorgensen. Unless they bring in someone like Maignan I think Chelsea should've let him challenge as second choice and sold the aforementioned. Good Luck Kepa but not too much eh? Following the same path as Big Glad he's gone. He lost all credibility for me when he refused to be substituted when he first joined the club. The club must always come Silly sale will probably haunt us and we're giving him away. Showed last season he is back at his That door closed a while back. Not his fault he was the subject of a panic buy and the associated price tag. His refusal to come off was the breaking point for me, I would've moved him on straight away but I guess his silly salary boxed us in! Good keeper all said and How can we sell Kepa for £5m to Arsenal? I still don't believe that Sanchez is better than he is and I would rather we sold Sanchez and kept Kepa. Thanks for your service Kepa and I apologise for how you've been treated by the club in the past couple of years. I wish you I always thought Kepa to be a very fine goalkeeper. Yes he has made a number of errors in the past, however what players have not? I'm sorry to see him go. Arsenal will be well pleased. A bargain buy at £5m for a goalkeeper with his ability and with a history of winning trophies. I wish him well.
Reuters
22 minutes ago
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Sinner enjoys 'beautiful' month in wake of crushing French Open final loss
LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) - Jannik Sinner would have been forgiven for spending the last month licking the open wounds from his French Open final defeat by Carlos Alcaraz, but the Italian said the experience had been beautiful after kicking off his Wimbledon campaign on Tuesday. Sinner marched into the second round at Wimbledon with a 6-4 6-3 6-0 drubbing of Luca Nardi and if he still bore the scars of his epic five-set loss to Alcaraz at Roland Garros, they were certainly not on show as he bulldozed past his fellow Italian. When asked how tough it had been over the last month, which also included an early exit at Halle in his only grasscourt warm-up, the world number one was almost entirely positive. "As a person, I know how important tennis is for me and for my life. I think it taught me so many things. But I also know that outside of tennis is a different life, which is more important," he told reporters. "For sure last month was not easy at times. But in the other way, it was beautiful, you know? So many things happened. Never thought that I would play a final of a Grand Slam like this. "So all positive things, to be honest. "Now I'm here. I'm here to show also myself that I'm capable of playing tennis also on grass hopefully. I showed it last year. I felt like I have improved a lot on this surface. So let's see what I can do this year." Three-times Grand Slam champion Sinner, who has never got past the Wimbledon semi-finals, looked every inch a grasscourt master as he dismantled Nardi in stifling conditions on Court One. He lost only four points on his first serve, which was functioning like clockwork against Nardi, who bravely clung on for the first two sets before capitulating completely in the third. When it was suggested to Sinner that he had modelled his serve on John Isner, who wrote his name in Wimbledon history with his 11-hour marathon win over Nicolas Mahut in 2010, the Italian suggested there also others he was trying to emulate. "Of course, you try to improve by watching some other servings, no? For sure he (Isner) is one of the list we try to watch," added top seed Sinner, who will face Aleksandar Vukic in the next round. "I feel quite comfortable at the moment. We worked a lot in this week of preparation with the serve, trying to slow a little bit the rhythm in the beginning. "So today it felt very well, especially the first serve. He (Nardi) was struggling also to return the second serve today. But again, I'm happy about the progress. Of course, we try to keep working."
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28 minutes ago
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Leach takes six but Notts have edge against Somerset
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton (day three)Somerset 379: Banton 84, Abell 64, Rew 58; Abbas 3-59, Hutton 3-94 & 4-1Nottinghamshire 509: Haynes 157, Slater 124, James 66; Leach 6-121 Somerset (4 pts) trail Nottinghamshire (4pts) by 126 with nine wickets standingMatch scorecard Jack Haynes hit his third County Championship century of the season to lead Division One leaders Nottinghamshire into a strong position on the third day of the match with Somerset at the day on 214-3 in reply to their opponents' first innings score of 379, the visitors ran up 509 all out, Haynes leading the way with a career-best 157, while Ben Slater fell early for 124, Ishan Kishan made 77 and Lyndon James Leach ended a tough day for Somerset's bowlers on an unhelpful pitch with hugely creditable figures of 6-121 from 53.2 overs, displaying exemplary accuracy as Notts steadily built a lead of 130. The hosts had to face one over before stumps and closed on 4-1, nightwatchman Matt Henry bowled by Liam Patterson-White's final on 34 overnight, Haynes' hundred occupied 176 balls and featured 11 fours and a six. It was just the innings his side required to first stave off any prospect of a significant first innings deficit and then build what could prove a match-winning opened Somerset's attack at the start of play, bowling in tandem with off-spinner Archie Vaughan, and struck an early blow when Slater, having added only eight to his overnight score, aimed a back-foot forcing shot and edged a catch to wicketkeeper James Rew. It proved Somerset's only success before lunch, despite taking the second new ball at went to a 92-ball 50 and found a more aggressive partner in Kishan, who quickly dispatched a delivery from Matt Henry over fine leg for six to bring 250 up. On 60, Haynes survived a confident shout for a catch behind off Leach, but it was a rare moment of alarm for Notts as they closed in on Somerset's lunch, the scoreboard read 322-4, Kishan having just moved to a half-century off 83 balls, with four fours and two sixes. The pattern continued in the afternoon session, Haynes pulling a boundary off Vaughan to bring up the century partnership. Somerset then had two difficult chances to make a much-needed breakthrough as Kishan offered low diving chances to wicketkeeper Rew down the leg side off Kasey Aldridge and Craig Overton at slip off looked set to collect a third batting point when moving to 347-4 with five balls remaining of the 110th over, but Aldridge prevented Kishan from scoring from any of them. It was a minor setback as Haynes went to his eighth first-class hundred, and third of the season, with a boundary off a leg-side full toss from fifth-wicket stand was worth 138 when Kishan edged a delivery from Leach onto his front pad and presented a straightforward catch to Tom Abell at short-leg. James had a scare with only a single to his same when edging Leach through the legs of wicketkeeper Rew standing up to the stumps. That was as good as it got for Somerset as tea was taken with Notts 431-5 and leading by 52 final session saw James go to 50 off 87 balls before Haynes brought up his maiden 150, having faced 287 finally fell lbw trying to sweep Leach with the lead just short of 100 and Patterson-White was then stumped pushing forward to Vaughan before the tireless Leach made it a five-for, turning a ball from on leg stump to force Brett Hutton to edge to Ahmed departed to Vaughan for a duck and James edged a drive off Leach to slip, but by then it was Nottinghamshire's highest ever total at Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
