Con Barça y Chelsea vying for the services of Koundéthe center of Sevillay Raphinha –the ‘blue’ club had already closed an agreement with Leeds for the Brazilian winger for 75 million euros but it has been stopped because the footballer wants to play at the Camp Nou and the Catalans are already offering 50 million–, the additions of Azpilicueta (32 years old) and Mark Alonso (31 years) could be delayed.
The two veteran defenders of the Chelseawho have already agreed their contract conditions with the Barçathey are waiting for the ‘blue’ club to agree to negotiate their departures with him FC Barcelona. Azpilicuetacaptain and ‘blue’ player for the last 10 seasons, is at the expense of the new owners respecting the pact he had made with the old rectors, which was none other than being able to leave with the letter of freedom despite the fact that the Chelsea He had the option of unilaterally extending his contract for another year, as has ended up happening to him.
In addition, after the departures of Rudiger y Christensen, Tuchel also hinted publicly that he needed Azpilicuetabecause in addition to being a right-back he can also act as a central defender.
In case of Mark Alonso, despite not being exactly the same, is very similar, given that the Madrid winger has one more season left on his contract at Stamford Bridge. However, in this case, Tuchel He has more alternatives for the left-back, hence, a priori, the need to retain the Madrid player is not so urgent for the Londoners. In addition, the defender has expressed his desire to return to Spain to be close to his family and has received the approval of his coach.
In any case, this does not mean that the Chelsea go ‘give them away’ when you agree to negotiate for them. Neither him nor Azpilicueta. In fact, the Barça He already says that he will have to scratch his pocket a little to get hold of the two Spanish internationals and estimates that he will be able to sign them for around 20 million euros.
At the moment, both from the environment of Azpilicueta such as Mark Alonso They do not foresee news for this week, so they could first join the discipline of the ‘blue’ team before their signing for the club is finalized. Barça.
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