Xabi Alonso ‘insists’ Chelsea sign €50m Spanish star after first ‘offer’ rejected
Chelsea boss Xabi Alonso is anxious on adding Real Madrid escaped-previously Alvaro Carreras to his group at Stamford Bridge, according to a record.
Alonso brushed via Carreras at Madrid for the first half of last season, having been appointed in the duty as Los Blancos boss at the run out of the 2024/25 campaign.
The former Liverpool midfielder parted utility provider via Real Madrid in January 2026 and also was freshly appointed as the newfangled Chelsea boss.
According to Sport, Alonso has told Chelsea to indicator Carreras and also is firmly insisting on a bargain for the Spanish escaped-previously.
The Barcelona-leaning bulletin has asserted that Chelsea have owned an initial deliver for the former Manchester Joined possibility scorned.
The headline of the record reads: ‘Xabi Alonso prompts on Alvaro Carreras’.
The record itself has said: ‘The Spanish boss quized to dissect his signing as comfortably as he immigrated at Chelsea via a lowball deliver that he is currently devised to improve.’
According to Sport, also though Carreras did not have the great of times in the second half of the season, Alonso has complete belief in the 23-year-antiquated escaped-previously and also desires Chelsea owners, BlueCo, to indicator him in the summer transmit dwelling window.
Chelsea have an deliver of €25million (£21.3m) for Carreras already scorned by Madrid, that well worth him at €50m (£42.6m).
Xabi Alonso desires Alvaro Carreras at Chelsea
The record has said: ‘Xabi Alonso never ever before questioned him. As well as he still doesn’t.
‘Because snatching penalty of Chelsea, he asked for a replacement for Cucurella and also quized them to reliable out Carreras.
‘But it was purely an initial misgivings to scale Real Madrid’s readiness to ponder a conceivable transmit.
‘Their deliver wasn’t also contemplated; 25 million euros, a number that didn’t mirror actuality.
‘His bazaar well worth is €50million, €10 million a extensive quantity less than what he was well worth under the Tolosa-birthed educator at Real Madrid.
‘The Madrid nightclub paid Benfica €50 million last summer. If they listen to offers, it will be at the wonderfully least that quantity.
‘Chelsea recognize this and also would ponder it, issued Xabi Alonso suggests the player that he will have a made certain instigating posture, something he thrown away via the arrival of Cucurella.’
Madrid signed Marc Cucurella from Chelsea in the summer transmit dwelling window.
Cucurella, that is starring for Spain at the reoccuring 2026 Cosmos Mug, will be newfangled Madrid boss Jose Mourinho’s first-solution escaped-previously next off season.
Ferland Mendy is another escaped-previously in the Madrid group at the moment, although the Frenchman is out on the sidelines for the long-term.
Madrid freshly sold Spanish escaped-previously Fran Garcia to Real Betis.