Former Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has completed his transfer move to Real Madrid on a six-year deal.
The transfer deal is reported to be around £35million not forgetting the Croatia international Mateo Kovacic joining Chelsea as part of the transfer agreement.
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The Belgian international successfully spent seven years with the blues although he was on loan at Atletico for his first three years. He has two Premier League titles to his name, an F.A Cup, and a League Cup during his stay with the Blues.Meanwhile, Courtois has one year left for his deal with Chelsea to expire but he now prefers a move to Spain to enable him to stay close to his two children.
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Courtois was presented to the media after completing his medical at Madrid’s Bernabeu. With the media, he expressed his feelings saying Madrid is the best club in the world and he is happy he is finally realizing his dream.
Furthermore, Courtois said he is finally realizing his childhood dream of playing for Madrid and he is overjoyed his dream has come true today as he is now part of Madrid and in his words “I’m a more Madrid. Hala Madrid.”
However, Chelsea have replaced the former number one goalkeeper with the signing of Kepa Arrizabalaga from Athletic Bilbao that is said to be worth £71.6million
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