Barcelona would ‘happily let go’ of veteran defender if good offers arrive – report

Marcos Alonso has been at Barcelona for just a year, but is already staring at an uncertain future at the club.

The Spanish left-back arrived at the club last summer, signing for free after terminating his contract at Chelsea.

The veteran defender enjoyed the faith of manager Xavi Hernandez during the last season and featured 37 times across all competitions, even scoring three goals.

Alonso could be allowed to leave

However, Pol Ballus of The Athletic is now reporting that Barcelona would ‘happily let go’ of Alonso if a good offer were to come in for the 32-year-old Spaniard.

Alonso had a pretty poor pre-season this summer and is yet to be registered with La Liga following his contract renewal earlier this year.

One of the reasons behind his registration being delayed was that the former Chelsea ace had the highest wages among those that were not registered heading into the new campaign.

Now, though, while the club are confident that his registration can be completed without any problems, they would be open to his sale if a good offer would come along.

The report further adds that Xavi does not have full confidence in Alonso to provide cover for Alejandro Balde at left-back, which is another reason why Barcelona are pushing to sign Joao Cancelo, who can play on either flank.

When asked about Alonso’s future ahead of the Getafe game, Xavi had said: “I can say the same to you as I did with Ansu or with everyone else. There is a market until 31 August and everything is open, anything can happen.”

And, should an offer come for Alonso, it appears that Barcelona would be open to studying it.