3 hours ago Real Madrid person a verbal statement successful spot to motion Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella aft the World Cup.
The 27-year-old is presently with Spain astatine the tourney successful the United States, Canada and Mexico, but a woody has been struck betwixt each parties for a imperishable transfer.
Further details of the declaration and interest are yet to emerge, though the terms is believed to beryllium much than the £43m presently suggested and an archetypal statement is successful place.
Since president Florentino Perez was re-elected and appointed Jose Mourinho arsenic manager, Real are understood to besides beryllium targeting Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva and Inter Milan full-back Denzel Dumfries, portion France defender Ibrahima Konate is acceptable to articulation aft leaving Liverpool.
Cucurella, who joined Chelsea for £63m from Brighton successful 2022, was understood to person been keen to instrumentality to Spain, having travel done Barcelona's academy. He had been linked with Atletico Madrid and a move backmost to Barcelona.
The Catalan besides gave an interrogation during the March planetary interruption criticising Chelsea's hierarchy pursuing Enzo Maresca's mid-season departure.
He was portion of a halfway radical of Spanish-speaking players who were frustrated by the concern and struggled to execute nether Maresca's successor, Liam Rosenior.
Rosenior was yet sacked, with Chelsea finishing 10th and failing to suffice for Europe contempt the impermanent assignment of Calum McFarlane arsenic caretaker manager.
Former Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen brag Xabi Alonso has since been appointed arsenic the club's imperishable manager for the 2026-27 campaign.
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