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Marcos Alonso was omitted from Chelsea’s squad to face Everton amid hypothesis over his future at Stamford Bridge.

Thomas Tuchel’s facet travelled to Goodison Park of their Premier League opener on Saturday, with Alonso among the many absentees from the ultimate squad listing.

90min beforehand revealed that Barcelona were confident of reaching an agreement with Chelsea for the Spaniard’s signature.

TheCatalan outfit just lately failed of their pursuit of Cesar Azpilicueta, with the Chelsea veteran signing a brand new two-year deal at Stamford Bridge to finish hypothesis over his future.

Alonso has only a yr remaining on his deal at Chelsea and Tuchel is ready to sanction his departure ought to the fitting provide arrive. An settlement has already been struck on private phrases between Barcelona and the participant.

The Blues have been energetic within the switch market this summer time, with Marc Cucurella having just lately arrived from Brighton for a payment in extra of £60m.

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In the meantime, Raheem Sterling joined from Manchester Metropolis on a five-year deal earlier within the window, with Kalidou Koulibaly additionally strengthening Tuchel’s defensive ranks following his addition from Napoli.

The Chelsea boss additionally confirmed that the membership are in search of so as to add one other central defender after lacking out on a deal for now Barcelona defender Jules Kounde.

“Perhaps we deliver another participant, perhaps not,” stated Tuchel. “Nonetheless, we’ve Malang Sarr with us and Ethan Ampadu nonetheless with us.

“We now have choices however on the identical time, we all know what number of video games are coming. So let’s see if we are able to signal a participant.”

This text was initially revealed on 90min as Marcos Alonso left out of Chelsea squad as Barcelona move nears.

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