Official: Borre joins Atleti

Atletico Madrid have completed the signing of striker Rafael Santos Borre from Deportivo Cali on a six-year contract.

The 19-year-old will stay with the Colombian outfit for the rest of the season, before joining up with his new teammates for the first time next summer.

Borre landed in Madrid on Thursday to undergo a medical and then sign on the dotted line ahead of embarking on international duty with Los Cafeteros.

Having debuted as a professional in 2013, the teenager helped Deportivo Cali win their national League in 2014 and the Apetura earlier in the year, in which he scored 11 goals in 15 matches.

He becomes Atleti eighth summer signing after Luciano Vietto, Jackson Martinez, Stefan Savic, Yannick Carrasco, Filipe Luis, Bernard Mensah and Matias Kranevitter.

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