Chelsea complete club record £70m Alvaro Morata signing on five-year deal

Chelsea have announced the signature of the Spanish striker Alvaro Morata, who joins the club from Real Madrid in a £70m deal.

Morata has signed a five-year contract with the Premier League champions and will now fly out to Asia to join up with his new team-mates.

He becomes Chelsea's most expensive signing, with the transfer fee surpassing the £49.73m they paid Liverpool for Fernando Torres in 2011.

Morata arrived in London on Thursday to complete a medical at the Premier League club.

"This is the best club," he said upon touching down at Heathrow. "Antonio Conte is one of the best coaches in the world and I'm so happy to work with Antonio."

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