Marcos Alonso says goodbye to Chelsea staff as he approaches a move to Barcelona

Chelsea left-back Marcos Alonso is closing on his transfer to Barcelona following the £62million signing of Marc Cucurella from Brighton.

Alonso is known to have mentioned farewells to employees at Chelsea’s Cobham coaching floor as he seems to be to seal his switch this weekend.

 He has gained 5 main trophies in six years with the Blues and performed over 200 video games for the membership.

Marcos Alonso has gained 5 trophies in six seasons at Stanford Bridge, taking part in 212 video games

The 31-year-old agreed private phrases months in the past and has a two 12 months deal lined up.

Nevertheless, Barcelona had been warned by La Liga on Friday that they won’t be allowed to register any of their new signings until additional cuts are made. 

They’re understood to be nonetheless £126m wanting the specified determine to satisfy monetary pointers so should nonetheless decrease participant salaries, and offload the likes of Frenkie de Jong with Chelsea and Manchester United chasing the midfielder.

He now seems to be set to affix Xavi’s Barcelona facet after they did not signal Cesar Azpilicueta

If the transfer does undergo, Alonso will be a part of the likes of Luis Figo, Michael Laudrup and Ronaldo Nazario in taking part in for each Actual Madrid and Barcelona.

He performed one recreation for Los Blancos in 2010 after spending ten years within the youth setup and with Actual Madrid Castilla.

The fullback may very well be a key signing for Barca after their transfer for an additional Chelsea defender, Cesar Azpilicueta, fell by means of.