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Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa: World record transfer fee no problem

Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga insists his world record transfer fee isn't a problem for him.

Two weeks after the record had been broken by Alisson's move to Liverpool, the Blues triggered Kepa's £71.6m release clause to bring him to Stamford Bridge from Atheltic Bilbao.

"Obviously the price was very high - £71m is a lot of money," he told Sky Sports News.

"I'm aware of this but given the transfer market situation and how things are going, it is normal so I don't need to focus on the value of the transfer.

"I do need to focus on playing my football and what's happening on the pitch rather than off it... I want to be myself and not think about it.

"I'm here now playing for Chelsea. I chose to leave my home at Athletic Bilbao and it was an important step in my career."

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