Real Madrid and Chelsea have reportedly reached a verbal agreement to make Marc Cucurella the most expensive left back in the club\u2019s history. A verbal agreement between all involved parties was first claimed by Fabrizio Romano on Sunday. Jos\u00e9 Mourinho, Madrid\u2019s freshly reappointed manager, was thought to have singled Cucurella out as his ideal left back target in a position which caused plenty of problems for the Spanish giants last term.<\/p>\n
Madrid are expected to pay $69.4 million (\u00a351.8 million, \u20ac60 million) for the 27-year-old, with a fixed fee of \u20ac55 million supported by a further \u20ac5 million in potential bonuses, per The Athletic. The move follows Cucurella\u2019s earlier big-money switch from Brighton to Chelsea and, if completed at the reported numbers, will place the Spain international among the highest fees paid for players at his position.<\/p>\n
Transfer figures cited in the available data place Cucurella among the top left-back moves globally, behind only a small number of other high-value deals. The published ranking lists include moves such as Lucas Hern\u00e1ndez to Bayern and Benjamin Mendy to Manchester City, with Cucurella appearing twice because his Chelsea transfer is listed and his reported move to Real Madrid is included separately. All figures are attributed to Transfermarkt and converted from euros to dollars.<\/p>\n
Less than one year earlier Real Madrid made \u00c1lvaro Carreras the club\u2019s most expensive left back with a \u20ac50 million deal, a record set to be surpassed by Cucurella. That Carreras transfer was described in the draft as \u201csomething of an embarrassment for Madrid,\u201d noting the club had Carreras in its academy for three years without giving him a senior appearance before letting him join Manchester United for free.<\/p>\n
Carreras\u2019 return to Madrid began brightly, with a time when Spanish media billed every starting XI as Carreras plus 10 others, but he soon lost his starting spot to a half-fit Ferland Mendy and failed to re-establish himself. A chastening night against Bayern Munich and a physical confrontation with teammate Antonio R\u00fcdiger on the training ground were cited as low points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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