FC Barcelona has signed 27 year old Dutch goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen from Ajax Amsterdam on a five-year contract.

The transfer fee is a guaranteed 13 million euros plus a further two million in variables with a buyout clause set at 60 million euros.

The player arrived in Barcelona this morning and after taking a medical examination, he signed his new contract in private.

Cillessen becomes Barcelona’s fifth signing joining the likes of Lucas Digne from PSG, Samuel Umtiti from Olympique Lyonnais, Andre Gomes from Valencia, and Denis Suarez from Villarreal at Camp Nou.

Oludolapo Adelana

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