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OFFICIAL: Barcelona sign Jasper Cillessen from Ajax

It is official: Barcelona have a new goalkeeper.

Cillessen was so excited to complete the move he actually announced the transfer before Barcelona did, and you can clearly see he's happy to realize a dream:

Barcelona and Cillessen signed a five-year contract on Thursday, and the Catalan giants paid AFC Ajax a €13 million fee, with an additional two million in performance bonuses to be paid throughout the five years of Cillessen's deal. The player will be unveiled on Friday at Camp Nou.

The 27-year-old has been a longtime starter for Ajax and the Dutch national team, and will join the Blaugrana as a backup to Marc-André ter Stegen.