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Barcelona’s interest in Chelsea wing-back Marcos Alonso has cooled despite the Blues offering him in a deal for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, it has been reported.
The Blues had made an offer of £15 million plus Alonso, with it unclear as to whether the deal would be accepted by Barcelona.
Thomas Tuchel has been keen to bring in reinforcements, including in attack after letting Timo Werner and Romelu Lukaku depart.
Christian Pulisic and Callum Hudson-Odoi could still leave on loan this summer, while Hakim Ziyech is seeking a permanent departure from Stamford Bridge due to lack of game time. Speaking on his desire to bring in a forward before the end of the transfer deadline, Tuchel said: “I believe we can compete with this group. To be very honest it is one thing to compete once a week and another 60 times in a year and three times a week.
With Marc Cucurella and Ben Chilwell being the first two choices for left-back, Alonso is surplus to requirements.
However, it now appears that a deal for Barcelona could be off as they have ‘cooled their interest’.
As reported by David Ornstein of The Athletic, Barcelona’s interest has cooled due to having issues on registering their existing players.
