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Thibaut Courtois has completed his move from Chelsea to Real Madrid after undergoing a medical and signing a six-year contract at the Santiago Bernabeu on Thursday.
Courtois, a Belgium international who won the Golden Glove last month as the best goalkeeper at the World Cup, left Chelsea for £35 million in a deal that included midfielder Mateo Kovacic leaving Madrid on a season-long loan.
The deal had been a long time in the making for Courtois, who was sent on loan from Chelsea to Atletico Madrid for three seasons before returning to London in 2014. He has long expressed a desire to return to Madrid to live closer to his two children and declined to report for training earlier this week.
👋 #WelcomeCourtois
🖋 @thibautcourtois pic.twitter.com/NR8eP0IWLw— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) August 9, 2018
Madrid announced an agreement with Chelsea on the move on Wednesday night, and Chelsea followed up by signing Kepa Arrizabalaga from Athletic Bilbao after triggering his €80m release clause.
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