Athletic Bilbao have confirmed that Kepa Arrizabalaga's release clause has been met. Chelsea are set to sign the 23-year-old goalkeeper in the coming hours for a world-record fee for a shot-stopper of around £71.5m. #CFC

Kepa's €80m release clause paid as Chelsea seal deal for Courtois replacement


The Blues are on the verge of completing the signing of the Athletic Club goalkeeper, with their Belgian No.1 heading to Real Madrid
Chelsea are close to finalising the signing of Kepa Arrizabalaga having activated the goalkeeper's €80 million (£71m/$92m) release clause, Goal can confirm.

The player's representatives and lawyers travelled to La Liga headquarters in Valencia on Wednesday to pay the fee, with Kepa now due to travel to London to undergo a medical and finalise personal terms.

The Kepa deal will break the club's previous transfer record, set last season when the Blues signed Alvaro Morata from Real Madrid in an initial £58m ($75m) deal, potentially rising to £70m ($90m).

It will also make Kepa the world's most expensive goalkeeper, less than a month after Alisson joined Liverpool in a £65m (€73m/$85m) move.

The move fo the Spaniard will free up Thibaut Courtois to complete a switch to Real Madrid, with the Belgian having been absent from training as he looked to force through a switch to Santiago Bernabeu.

Madrid have been keen to bring in Courtois in a €35m deal (£31m/$40m) for some time now, where the funds expected from that transfer being used by the Blues to secure Athletic goalkeeper Kepa.

And the Blues' transfer business isn't likely to end with Kepa - Goal understands Maurizio Sarri's side are in talks over a loan move for Madrid midfielder Mateo Kovacic.

Indeed, Madrid boss Julen Lopetegui has revealed that his side will attempt to find a "high level replacement" should Kovacic complete a switch to Stamford Bridge.

Time is against Sarri and Chelsea, however, with the transfer window for Premier League clubs closing at 5pm BST on August 9.

Chelsea get their Premier League campaign underway on Saturday with an away trip to David Wagner's Huddersfield Town.


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Breaking: Chelsea will pay Athletic €80 million for Kepa and the goalkeeper travels tomorrow to London. (MARCA)

another episode in pollywood movie

See how our senator they pose

we need them BT dey u scraped the house of assembly.

they should amend the Constitution that any ex governor can not be in the Senate

Graveyard bawo

Pollywood action movie

The game is on

Senate president?

Mumu

Jozay:

Yeah

let wait and see

Jozay:

You were very wrong,bro. You can use awaiting result to apply. Thanks for the help though

av u registered?

am a fan of cr7 but he fumble on this one,

don't know why he unfollow a team dat you are their greatest player ever
their all time goalscorer,

you choose to leave Madrid cos of the money juventus offered,madrid is the one dat suppose to unfollow Ronaldo not cr7.

I hope juventus win the ucl this year.

24 hours in a day

7 days in a week

Hope he regain his confidence back
#KTBFFH

Transfer is still ongoing

Transfer market still ongoing

kwara must change

saraki must go

slavery must end

TheLegalEagle:

You are VERY WRONG! Gbemi is very different from Bukola, they are in DIFFERENT lanes. Very different ones ask kwarans they will tell you

am a kwarans, did you remember 2011 election how dey are fighting openly bt dey are still working together.
gbemi campaign for Simeon Sulyman d pdp candidate in 2015 election, on d election they he work for the apc

HonMike:



conscience hunts than blood. Their is always one person that believe somethings are not right and Gbemi is one of those.

dat is Wat they told we kwarans in 2011, dey are working together

hastral45:
You sabi mad when you see one APC boy?..

am nt a member of apc bt why will a whole 23 honourable decamp to one party cos of one Man

awon Werey
Kwara state governor decamp cos of saraki
23 honourable decamp cos of saraki
the emirate will always support saraki
Kwara state should be rename to saraki state

Nigeria politics transfer market is more interesting than the football.

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Chairman of Kwara PDP Akogun Oyedepo reveals live on RoyalFM951 that he alongside other members of the PDP are moving to the APC, says cannot work with senate president Dr bukola saraki and governor Abdul Fatah Ahmad.

Announcing his defection on Wednesday morning live on radio, hour after the Senate president and governor Abdul Fatah Ahmad resign from the app.

Recall that former chieftain of apc akogun iyiola oyedepo in 2014 cross carpeted to the pdp, when the Senate president Dr bukola saraki moved to app.

gbemi is working for bukola, blood is thicker than water

finally our NFF is learning how to appreciate our ex players

Thank you ikeme, one of the best keeper Nigeria ever produced

ChiefAzubuike:
Very lazy... No be him mates be kanu nwankwo that survived cardiac arrest and still came back stronger than ever before..

ur brain is paining you, I pray god bless you with d same illness

Jozay:

Are you sure?
Because there's a space for number of sittings

very sure