Barcelona and Chelsea negotiate a barter between two of their figures

At the end of last season, Xavi Hernández was determined to make a full replacement for Barcelona. As for the defense, there were three on the list: Andreas Christensen, César Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso, all of Chelsea. Of them only the Danes arrived (the Frenchman Jules Koundé, from Seville, also joined). When it seemed that the arrival of Alonso was ruled out, a new possibility presented itself to the Catalan club.

Thomas Tuchel does not have a natural center forward at Chelsea. Romelu Lukaku returned to Inter and Timo Werner to Leipzig. That’s why he has his eye on Pierre Emerick Aubameyang. The Gabonese lost ground in the consideration of Xavi after the arrival of the Polish Robert Lewandowski. To maintain their services, Blues they would propose a barter between him and Alonso.

In Tuchel’s latest conference, the German coach acknowledged that he expects more movements in the London market. The English club has already presented a first offer to Barcelona, ​​which included a payment of 15 million euros, which was not convinced in the offices of the Camp Nou.

But the Blues they know they have the winning card: Marcos Alonso. And they think that by bringing the Spaniards into the deal, Aubameyang could get to London.

According to The Athletic, Alonso had already settled with Barsa since the beginning of June. So much so that Chelsea hired Marc Cucurella to replace him. And, on the part of Aubameyang, the same. The striker knows he is far behind in the position dispute and would have discussed his contract at Stamford Bridge.