(UTV|COLOMBO) – Chelsea have signed Kepa Arrizabalaga from Athletic Bilbao for Pound Sterling (£) 71 million – the highest fee ever paid for a goalkeeper, and a club record transfer.
Kepa, 23, arrives at Stamford Bridge after a release clause in his contract was met, with the deal surpassing Alisson’s £66.8 million move to Liverpool.
He has signed a seven-year contract at the club and replaces Thibaut Courtois, who is set to join Real Madrid.
Kepa is second choice for Spain behind Manchester United’s David de Gea.
He has spent the past two seasons in Athletic’s first team, making 53 La Liga appearances, and has one international cap.
The fee Chelsea have paid surpasses the £60 million they spent on Spanish striker Alvaro Morata in July 2017.
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