Chelsea buy worlds most expensive keeper, Courtois moves to Madrid
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courtois joined chelsea from genk in 2011 but spent three seasons on loan at atletico madrid before returning to london where he won two premier league titles in four seasons1 and with his two children still resident in the spanish capital courtoiss agent claimed earlier this week family commitments were a motivating factor in forcing a move to the european champions1 he has made it clear to the club that the best option for him is to move to madrid christophe henrotay told the sun newspaper1 for him this is a big decision because he wants to be near his family and there is an offer in place for chelsea to accept1 just weeks after liverpool broke the record transfer fee for a goalkeeper in a deal worth up to 72.5 million euros for brazilian international alisson becker the inexperienced arrizabalaga 23 is now set to inherit the title of the worlds most expensive goalkeeper1 earlier on wednesday bilbao confirmed that arrizabalaga had paid his buyout clause at the leagues headquarters in madrid to free him from his contract with athletic1 arrizabalaga has played 53 times in la liga for bilbao over the last two seasons and made his international debut in a 5-0 friendly win over costa rica in november 20171 he was also in the spain squad for the world cup in russia as back-up to david de gea but has yet to make his competitive debut for spain1 but for a late change of course due to the wishes of former real boss zinedine zidane arrizabalaga could have joined madrid himself in january when his buyout clause was just 20 million euros1 however after that move collapsed he signed a new seven-year deal with the basque side that dramatically increased his release clause and has cost chelsea dear1