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Athletic running Real risk with Kepa but confident keeper will stay

The highly rated 23-year-old is drawing admiring glances from Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Juventus as his current contract runs down

Athletic Bilbao are confident they can keep highly-rated goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalanga out of Real Madrid’s clutches and tie him to fresh terms, Goal understands.

The talented 23-year-old continues to see his current contract run down, with no extension agreed to a deal set to expire in June 2018.

If no terms are put in place soon, then Kepa will be free to speak with interested parties from January.

Real Madrid have been heavily linked with a move for a player that they could agree a pre-contract deal with in the New Year, with questions continuing to be asked of Keylor Navas.