It was an open secret, but now it’s official. Marc Cucurella (24 years old) has become a new player of the Chelsea as announced by the London club itself, one day after also reporting the renewal of César Azpilicuetawhich escaped Barça.
The Spanish winger thus closes the roller coaster that he has experienced in his last two weeks, being very close to reaching the Manchester Citybut no agreement was reached since the ‘citizen’ sports management did not raise their offer to more than 50 million euros.
The Chelseaon the other hand, agreed to Brigton’s claims in an express operation to seize cucurella in an operation that has risen to the €73 million, according to the English media, which would make the Catalan the eighth most expensive defender in history. The blues will make a first payment of 65 ‘kilos’, plus another 8 that will depend on bonuses.
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“Following reports from numerous media outlets this week, we can confirm that an agreement has been reached with Brighton Albion for the signing of Marc Cucurella,” he wrote on his Twitter account. Chelsea, which in the operation has included the transfer of Levi Colwill to Brighton for this season. The announcement, furthermore, was sarcastically against Brighton, who made a statement two days ago denying the information in the media that ‘Cucu’ was going to play at Stamford Bridge.
With the signing already concluded, Thomas Tuchel he will be delighted to be able to fight with him. On the same Friday, the German expressed that “he is a great player, he can play in several positions”, since the season passes, at Brighton, I act as a lane, winger and even third central defender on the left side, something that I am sure Tuchel can apply in case of not being able to incorporate another central defender.
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The truth is that the statistics and performance of cucurella explain the decision of Chelsea to go for all After having arrived at Brighton for 18 million euros, the Spaniard became an indisputable for Graham Potter and led the statistics of defenders with the most recoveries and the most successful tackles, as well as being the third to create the most scoring opportunities, in a system very similar to the one used by Tuchel.
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The signing of Marc Cucurella for him Chelsea It can be great news for FC Barcelona, which was behind the signing of Mark Alonsowhom Xavi Hernández would love to have in his ranks to complete the left back.
The 31-year-old Spaniard already has his reveal in the London team, which was waiting to close the alternative to start listening to offers for him. At this juncture, the Barçato whom César Azpilicueta escaped this week, will speed up talks with Chelsea to try to reach an agreement that satisfies both parties, since it is a priority for the club and they do not want it to escape them.
In fact, Fali Ramadani, an agent for Mark Alonsowas already in Barcelona last week to lay the foundations for the agreement between club and footballer before starting negotiations with Chelsea, which at this point could be accelerated to find a quick solution.
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