The 23-year-old Athletic Bilbao’s Kepa Arrizabalaga has signed a seven-year contract with Chelsea making him the most expensive goalkeeper in history at 71 million euros beating Alisson Becker’s Roma to Liverpool transfer of 66 million euros.
“It’s a very important decision for me, for my career, and also for my personal life,” Kepa told Chelsea’s website. “So many things attracted me to the club, all the titles the club has won, the other players, the city, the English Premier League. It’s an accumulation of things, and I am very glad Chelsea has decided to trust me and to take me in as well.”
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List of 10 Most Expensive Goal Keepers :
1. Kepa Arrizabalaga – 71 million euros (Athletic Bilbao to Chelsea, 2018)
2. Alisson Becker – 66 million euros (Roma to Liverpool, 2018)
3. Ederson Santana de Moraes – 35 million euros (Benfica to Manchester City, 2017)
4. Gianluigi Buffon – 33 million euros (Parma to Juventus, 2001)
5. Jordan Pickford – 30 million euros (Sunderland to Everton, 2017)
6. Alex Meret – 19.6 million euros (Udinese to Napoli, 2018)
7. Bernd Leno – 19.3 million euros (Bayer Leverkusen to Arsenel, 2018)
8. Manuel Never – 19 million euros (Schalke to Bayern Munich, 2011)
9. David de Gea – 18.9 million euros (Aththletico Madrid to Manchester United, 2011)
10. Francesco Toldo – 17.75 million euros (Florentina to Inter Milan, 2001)