Chelsea have completed the purchase of goalkeeper Kepa Arrisabalaga from Athletic.

Chelsea purchased goalkeeper Kepe Arisabalag of Athletic, the official website of the "blue".

The 23-year-old Spaniard signed a seven-year contract with his new club, and the transfer was 80 million euros, which were prescribed in the Kepey's contract with Athletic as compensation.

Thus, Arrisabalaga has become not only a record purchase in the history of Chelsea, but also the most expensive goalkeeper in history.

"This is a very important decision not only in my career, but also in my personal life," said Kepe.

"A lot of things attracted me to Chelsea: the trophies that the club won, the players I can play with, London, the English Premier League. I'm very glad that Chelsea decided to trust me ".

Arisabalaga is a pupil of the Athletic Academy.

For the first team, he made his debut in September 2016, having played before on loan for Ponferradin and Valladolid.

In total, Kep spent 54 matches for Athletic, in which he missed 66 goals and kept his goal "dry" 15 times. In addition, on his account one match for the national team of Spain.

As part of Chelsea, Arisabalaga was replaced by Thibaut Courtois, who moved to Real Madrid.

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