
Chelsea have signed up Marc Cucurella from Brighton and Hove Albion, and the Blues paid a massive fee for his signature.
Chelsea will pay an initial fee of £55million for Cucurella, plus a potential £7million in bonuses, leading to a fee of £62m.
Cucurella joins Chelsea as the 7th most expensive defender in the world.
See the top ten ranking below
Harry Maguire (Leicester to Manchester United) – £80m
Virgil van Dijk (Southampton to Liverpool) – £75m
Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus to Bayern Munich) – £68m
Lucas Hernandez (Atletico Madrid to Bayern Munich) – £68m
Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax to Juventus) – £67.5m
Ruben Dias (Benfica to Manchester City) – £65m
Marc Cucurella (Brighton to Chelsea) – £62m
Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao to Manchester City) – £57m
Lisandro Martinez (Ajax to Manchester United) – £55m
Ben White (Brighton to Arsenal) – £50m
Brighton will make massive profit from the deal, after spending just £15million on the Spaniard when he moved from Getafe only a year ago.
On signing for Chelsea, Cucurella admitted he was excited about joining Chelsea, as he said: “I’m really happy. It’s a big opportunity for me to join one of the best clubs in the world and I’m going to work hard to be happy here and help the team.”
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