Chelsea supervisor Xabi Alonso has fetched a reinforce in his pursuit to indicator Martin Zubimendi in the summer season season transmit home window, wearing Tool kit stance a price tag, according to a record.
Alonso longed Real Madrid to indicator Zubimendi from Real Sociedad in the summer season season of 2025, according to AS.
Yet, Real Madrid desperate against a openings for the Spain international midfielder, that ended up joining Tool kit instead.
Zubimendi aided Tool kit win the Premier League and reach the final of the Champs League last period.
The 27-year-worn midfielder moreover won the 2026 Planet Cup wearing Spain this summer season season.
Xabi Alonso needs Martin Zubimendi at Chelsea
Alonso, that was assigned Chelsea supervisor earlier this summer season season, needs the London club’s owners, BlueCo, to indicator Zubimendi.
Chelsea FC journalist Simon Phillips concocted on his Substack on August 5: “I was signaled by a source that Xabi Alonso is a hefty supporter of Martin Zubimendi and has relayed to Chelsea that he’s a player he relishes and is of enthusiasm to him.
“I’m NOT proverb Chelsea are going for Zubimendi, but he is a player that’s been pointed out by Alonso.”
Tool kit pine €90m for Martin Zubimendi
Mundo Deportivo has moreover presently reported Alonso’s determination to indicator Zubimendi.
The Barcelona-leaning Spanish bulletin has claimed that Tool kit are willing to sell Zubimendi, but the Premier League champs pine €90million (£77.1m) for him.
While that is a ton of coinage dollars, the unbelievable news for Chelsea is that Tool kit at least have kit a price tag on Zubimendi.
Mundo Deportivo has moreover outlined that the signing of Bruno Guimaraes from Newcastle Joined has hoisted inquiries around the future of Zubimendi’s detect in the Tool kit start spiel up-up and his future.
The record has claimed: ‘After being a fulcra player at the start of the period, a irrelevant knee injury withheld his develop, he steadily thrown away value and ended up owning marginal tinkering time wearing the Gunners.
‘His future is presently undetermined, and it just so ensues that Real Madrid were already captivated in the midfielder last summer season season once he was tinkering for Real Sociedad, but they were also late. He owned already dedicated to Tool kit.
‘Real Madrid has the opportunity to try anew, although they will confront two fulcra unhappiness: Tool kit won’t sell him for less than €90 million (auxiliary than they would have afforded Rodri), and Chelsea is a arduous adversary for his businesses.
‘In fact, Xabi Alonso was the one that longed him for Real Madrid a year earlier, and presently he’s persuading for him at Chelsea.’
