Barcelona complete fifth signing of the summer.

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Barcelona have 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.
Barcelona announced that Cillessen’s buyout
clause has been set at 60 million euros.
The player arrived in Barcelona on Thursday
morning and after taking a medical
examination, he signed his new contract in
private.
The player is expected to play back up to
Marc Ter Stegen who becomes number one
following the soon to be sale of Claudio
Bravo to Manchester City.
Cillessen has earned 30 caps since debuting
for the Netherlands against Indonesia in
2013, and was their No.1 as they claimed
third place at the 2014 World Cup.

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