The teenage goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois will spend the 2011-12 season in Spain. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Thibaud Courtois has joined Atlético Madrid on loan from Chelsea for the forthcoming season.
The 19-year-old goalkeeper signed from the Belgian side Genk this month for a fee which could rise to £7.9m but with the Chelsea hierarchy regarding him as one for the future, he has been sent out on loan.
Courtois passed a medical on Friday morning in the Spanish capital and completed the necessary paperwork. He will train with his new team-mates on Sunday.
Atlético were in the market for a goalkeeper after David De Gea's departure to Manchester United this summer.
