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It was Claudio Ranieri, then manager of Chelsea, who decided that Petr Čech was his choice as understudy to Carlo Cudicini. After the original bid was rejected, Rennes accepted a second in February. Čech agreed a summer move to Chelsea for £7 million, signing a five-year contract, to commence in July 2004. This transfer meant that he had cost more than every other Chelsea goalkeeper in history put together. Čech’s transfer from Rennes was one of those about which the Stevens inquiry report in June 2007 expressed concerns because of the lack of co-operation from agents Pini Zahavi and Barry Silkman. When he arrived at Chelsea, from Castel di Sangro, Carlo Cudicini was Chelsea's established first choice, but after Cudicini suffered a pre-season elbow injury, Čech was promoted into the starting spot, which he kept into the new season. He kept a clean sheet in his Premier League debut in a 1-0 victory over Manchester United wearing his Chelsea home goalkeeper shirt.
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