This is why Chelsea signed Filip Jorgensen

 On Tuesday evening,  Chelsea announced the signing of Danish goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen from Villarreal.

The 22-year-old has signed a seven-year contract with the Blues and joins up with his new teammates during our summer tour of the USA.

Jorgensen said: ‘This move is a dream come true. I am very excited to have signed for Chelsea, one of the biggest clubs in the world. I can’t wait to get to know everyone and to start playing with all my new teammates.’

Born in Sweden, Jorgensen joined Villarreal at 15 years old after time in the academies of Swedish clubs GIF Nike and Malmo and Spanish sides Santa Catalina and Penya Arrabal and Mallorca.

After three years in the Spanish club’s youth set up, he was promoted to Villarreal B and made his senior debut against SCR Peña Deportiva in October 2020.

Jorgensen soon started training regularly with the first-team squad and established himself in the Villarreal B side. In December 2021, he was handed his debut in a 7–1 win over Atletico Sanluqueno in the Copa del Rey.

His La Liga debut followed in January 2023 and ahead of the 2023/24 campaign, Jorgensen secured his place as Villarreal’s number one goalkeeper.

He made 37 appearances across all competitions last season and helped Villarreal to an eighth-place finish in the Spanish top flight.

How good is Filip Jorgensen?

First off, Jorgensen is a reliable shot stopper. Although he conceded 65 goals and kept just six clean sheets during the 2023/24 season, Villarreal would've shipped a lot more had Jorgensen not been between the sticks - the keeper made a La Liga-high 143 saves during the campaign.

Along with his ability between the sticks, Jorgensen is also a top class ball-playing goalkeeper too.

The 22-year-old's passing range was vital for Villarreal throughout the 2023/24 campaign, completing over 1,000 passes and averaging 44.7 successful passes per 90 minutes with his club side.

Considering the possession-based style of play new manager Enzo Maresca wants to implement, Jorgensen could be the perfect signing to allow Chelsea to play out from the back.

What are his weaknesses?

The lack of clean sheets is obviously a bit of a worry, though that could be equally down to Villarreal's back four being less than watertight.

Another worry is Jorgensen's lack of command of his penalty area. He's just 22 years old, sure, but the goalkeeper does tend to struggle from set pieces and balls being lumped into the box. The fact that he stopped just 5.2% of crosses that came into his box at Villarreal attests to this.

It's certainly something to work on.

How he performed at Villarreal:

Jorgensen won the starting berth at Villarreal ahead of the 2023/24 season after making his way up to the first team squad from the B team.

Since then, he hasn't really looked back.

As previously mentioned, Jorgensen's shot-stopping and passing ability were vital for the Yellow Submarine throughout last season, helping them to a respectable eighth place finish in La Liga.

His form with the club was so good, in fact, that he earned himself a new five-year deal at the end of the campaign.

What footballer, past or present, does he compare to?

The passing range and ability screams Ederson, which will be music to Chelsea fans' ears as the club currently don't have a ball-playing goalkeeper on the books (despite having about a million goalkeepers currently on the books).

The manner in which he makes many of his saves - one handed and potentially with the cameras in mind - reminds us a bit of David De Gea too.

The video below shows just why Chelsea signed Filip Jorgensen: