Official: Barcelona complete the signing of Marcos Alonso from Chelsea

Barcelona have been a part of a fair few elongated transfer sagas this summer, starting with none other than Robert Lewandowski.

The drama during Raphinha’s signing was also rather overwhelming, with Chelsea involved, and the same went for Jules Kounde. Eventually, Barcelona were able to sign their first-choice targets. All but Cesar Azpilicueta, anyway.

Another player who has been rumoured with a switch for months was Marcos Alonso. The player has finally completed his move to Barcelona officially, and the announcement has been made on the club’s social media channels.

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The signing has been officially registered with La Liga as well.

The player joins as part of a free agent, but was unofficially part of the player-plus-cash swap deal involving Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Barcelona will receive €12 million and Alonso in exchange for the Gabonese striker.

After reaching an agreement with Barcelona in April, Alonso’s transfer was stuck for a while. Xavi wanted to sign the player, but trusted Jordi Alba and Alejandro Balde as the team’s left-backs, too.

Further, he was stuck as part of the swap deal negotiations for a while, as Barcelona rejected Chelsea’s offer. However, following an unfortunate injury to Auba, they eventually decided to accept the offer.