{"id":118884,"date":"2026-09-06T22:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T22:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/118884\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T22:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T22:43:10","slug":"carragher-casts-doubt-on-chelsea-signing-after-london-derby-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/118884\/","title":{"rendered":"Carragher casts doubt on Chelsea signing after London derby defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jamie Carragher has voiced his concern over Chelsea’s summer signing, Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, after the Blues lost 2-1 to Arsenal on Sunday evening in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

Morgan Rogers handed Chelsea the perfect start, firing straight into the net from the edge of the box inside two minutes.<\/p>\n

Kai Havertz then levelled against his former club midway through the first half, beating Martinez at his near post, before Martin Odegaard grabbed the winner for Arsenal after the break.<\/p>\n

The Liverpool legend reckons that while \u00a37.5 million for Martinez counts as a “brilliant deal”, the former Aston Villa goalkeeper is past his best.<\/p>\n

Analysing the Havertz equaliser on Sky Sports, Carragher said: “I think the goalkeeper would have saved that two or three years ago.”<\/p>\n

As quoted by English newspaper “Metro<\/a>“, he added: “What Chelsea have done is that it’s better for everyone that Robert Sanchez isn’t in goal because he’s not at the required level despite being a good goalkeeper.”<\/p>\n

He continued: “It’s not a wrong signing, it was a brilliant deal for \u00a37.5 million, and he’s still an excellent goalkeeper, in fact he’s better than Sanchez. And that will give everyone a greater sense of confidence.”<\/p>\n

Martinez, he noted, has slipped from his peak: “Martinez has been a brilliant goalkeeper and he’s still a very good goalkeeper, but he’s not the goalkeeper who won the World Cup, that’s not true, and this was a small glimpse of that.”<\/p>\n

On Chelsea’s level compared to Arsenal, Carragher concluded: “There’s a huge gap between the two teams in their starting line-ups and squads.”<\/p>\n

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