MARCOS ALONSO
Chelsea Football Club has today brought Marcos Alonso back
to the Premier League with the completion of the defender’s transfer from
Fiorentina.
The 25-year-old Spanish left-back is the first defender
signed by Antonio Conte following
the recruitment of a forward, a midfielder and a goalkeeper to his squad. He
has signed a five-year contract.
Alonso said: ‘I’m very happy. It’s a step up in my career
and I think this is the perfect place for me to continue developing. It’s time
for me to win some titles.
‘It was an easy decision for me to make when I heard the
club were interested in signing me. My family and close friends know Chelsea is
the club I have dreamed about playing for so I’m really excited about the
challenge and I'm looking forward to working with my new team-mates.’
Alonso was born in Madrid and is the son and grandson of
former Spain internationals. He was a youth and B-team player for Real Madrid,
before being handed his one first team appearance there by Manuel Pellegrini in
April 2010 as a late substitute in a win against Racing Santander.
That summer he joined Bolton Wanderers as a 19-year-old and
was a team-mate of Gary Cahill for
one-and-a-half years prior to the England international’s move to Chelsea.
Alonso stayed in the north-west for three seasons, two of
those in the Premier League, and made 46 appearances, scoring five
goals.
After half a season at Fiorentina, he was recruited on loan
for the second half of the 2013/14 campaign by Sunderland manager Gustavo
Poyet, who selected the Spaniard in the League Cup final against Manchester
City. Alonso also played in the Sunderland win at Stamford Bridge which ended
Jose Mourinho’s 77-game undefeated league run at our stadium. It was his volley
that led to the visitors equalising that April day.
Alonso then returned to Fiorentina where he established
himself as a regular in the team as a left-back, wing-back or in a back-three.
He leaves La Viola with 85 appearances and five goals scored.
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