MARCOS ALONSO
Chelsea have agreed a £23 million fee with Fiorentina to sign
Marcos Alonso.
Personal terms are also understood to have been agreed and
the left-back is only a medical away from conforming the move.
Talks had been ongoing for days after Antonio Conte made the
25-year-old a top target. It comes after the Italian allowed Baba Rahman to
join Schalke on loan while Kenedy, another player who Chelsea have used at
left-back, joined Watford.
Alonso, who played for Bolton between 2010 and 2013, was
keen to return to English football and an official announcement is expected
this afternoon.
Yet sources inside Stamford Bridge have said that they are
surprised by the 'ridiculous' figure for Alonso, who also spent six months on
loan with Sunderland in 2014.
Defensive recruitment may not stop at Alonso for the Blues,
with a shock move £32m move for David Luiz in the pipeline with a season-long
loan for Valencia defender Aymen Abdennour a last resort.
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