Kepa, Alisson & the most expensive goalkeepers ever

With the Spaniard having completed a record-breaking £72 million move to Chelsea, Goal runs through the costliest shot-stoppers in football history

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  20Asmir Begovic – £10m

  Asmir Begovic joined Chelsea in 2015 after a five-year stint in goal for Stoke City. Thibaut Courtois, however, proved too hard to dislodge, and the Bosnian was shipped out to Bournemouth at the start of last season.

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  19Petr Cech – £10m

  After 11 brilliant years at Stamford Bridge, Petr Cech was snapped up by Chelsea's London rivals Arsenal in 2015, who made him one of the world's most expensive goalkeepers in the process.

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  18Ivan Pelizzoli – £10.2m

  Ivan Pelizzoli was just 20 when Roma broke the bank for the promising Atalanta player. He never quite fulfilled that early potential, though, and has meandered through Italy's lower leagues for the vast majority of his career.

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  17Mattia Perin – £10.5m

  Former Genoa No.1 Mattia Perin has huge shoes to fill in Turin, after being signed by Juventus this summer following the departure of Buffon for Paris Saint-Germain.