{"id":63477,"date":"2022-09-02T04:12:02","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T04:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/official-barcelona-sign-marcos-alonso-from-chelsea\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T04:12:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T04:12:02","slug":"official-barcelona-sign-marcos-alonso-from-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/official-barcelona-sign-marcos-alonso-from-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Official: Barcelona sign Marcos Alonso from Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Six years after arriving at Chelsea from Fiortina with little to no expectations to the kind of player he would become, Marcos Alonso leaves the club with over 200 appearances, 6 trophies (at least one of each except for a League Cup), and even more notably, 29 goals. (Among the current squad, only Mason Mount has more career goals for the club.)<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old now returns to play in his native Spain for the first time since leaving the Real Madrid academy in 2010, joining Barcelona on a multi-year contract, a fitting bookend. Marcos’s father, (also named) Marcos, played for Barcelona in the ’80s. Marcos’s grandfather, Marquitos, was a key player for Real Madrid in the late ’50s.<\/p>\n

Alonso leaves Chelsea as part of the Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang deal, alongside a \u20ac12m \u201cadjustment\u201d from the Blues. The accountants have recorded this portion as a \u201cfree transfer\u201d for Barcelona after Alonso exited his Chelsea contract \u201cby mutual consent\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Marcos Alonso has left Chelsea by mutual consent, ending a six-year association with the club. <\/p>\n

Everyone would like to thank Marcos for his service to the Blues and wish him all the very best for the rest of his career. <\/p>\n

\u2014 Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) September 2, 2022<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

While no player is perfect, and Alonso certainly was not, he was a key part of our last Premier League title and showed again under Tuchel that as a left wing-back, few could do what he could. That he saved some of his best games for Spurs also didn’t hurt.<\/p>\n

Both Marc Cucurella and Ben Chilwell have big shoes to fill, especially when it comes to consistent attacking contributions and technically perfect volleys from the left wing-back position.<\/p>\n

Good luck, Marcos! And thanks for the great memories!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n