Arsenal made a mistake signing Petr Cech from Chelsea..
Former England goalkeeper David James claims Arsenal should have signed Asmir Begovic ahead of £10million man Petr Cech.
Cech,
33, has penned a four-year deal with the north London giants, with many
in the game believing the transfer has turned Arsene Wenger's men into
genuine title challengers.
However,
James feels the Gunners made the wrong move by signing Cech, and
instead should have gone for Begovic, who has now replaced the Czech
goalkeeper as Chelsea's No 2.
He told the Alan Brazil Breakfast show:
'Petr Cech is a very good goalkeeper but he's not at his best. At 33
years of age, there's nothing to say he can't get back to his best form
though.
'If
he does then Arsenal still have one hell of a goalkeeper, but Chelsea
have still got a very large sum of money for a 33-year-old with one year
left on his deal.
'They
have gone out and bought (Asmir) Begovic, who was sought after by many
big clubs in the last two or three years, and been one of the best
goalkeepers in the Premier League.
'He's
got age on his side and, alongside Thibaut Courtois, you've got two of
the best keepers in the Premier League with 15-plus years ahead of them.
If I was an Arsenal fan I would have been happier to have signed
Begovic.'
His experience will still help the team no matter how bad he is.
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