Atlético negotiates with Chelsea for Marcos Alonso

Marcos Alonso is on his way to becoming Atlético's first reinforcement in this winter market. As The Independent advances and has confirmed As, Atlético and Chelsea are currently in talks for the left-back to arrive on loan to the rojiblanco club. The Spanish defender has asked the English club to allow him to enter this market, since it is not part of Frank Lampard's plans. In fact, has not played since last September 26.

The left-back demarcation is one of the positions that Simeone wants to reinforce, since in that demarcation it only has Renan Lodi and the youth squad Manu Sánchez. Up to three times he has had to turn to Mario Hermoso to occupy that position. Marcos Alonso was one of the names that was related to Atlético last summer, but at the time the operation did not come to fruition. The situation has changed considerably in recent months and sources close to the side assure that “the contacts are on the right track.”

The still Chelsea winger, meanwhile, has fallen out of favor with Lampard and has been relegated to total ostracism in the shadow of Ben Chilwell and Emerson Palmieri. This season he has only played three games and has 225 minutes.