Last Updated: March 29, 2023, 17:58 IST
Marcos Alonso at Bolton Wanderers (Twitter)
Marcos Alonso was part of Bolton Wanderers from 2010 to 2013 and represented them on 46 events
Spanish defender Marcos Alonso joined Barcelona in September final yr as a free agent. A transfer to the Catalan giants may need come as an enormous aid for the Spaniard however the transfer has not been bereft of controversies. Speculations had been rife final month that Spanish fourth-division membership Union Adarve demanded cost from Barcelona over Alonso’s signing. It is now being understood that one other English soccer membership have now demanded compensation for Alonso’s transfer to Barcelona. A report revealed by Mundo Deportivo claims that Alonso’s former facet Bolton Wanderers have now sought compensation for the defender’s signing for Barcelona. The English soccer crew have reportedly requested Barcelona to pay them compensation over Alonso’s ‘training rights.’ The report, nonetheless, acknowledged that it’s nonetheless not clear if Bolton’s calls for are associated to the Union Adarve case. For the unversed, Alonso represented Union Adarve on the youth stage.
According to a number of experiences, Union Adarve prompt that that they had the ‘evidence of meetings’ between Marcos Alonso’s former membership Chelsea and Barcelona over their negotiations for the Madrid-born. It is now being learnt that these negotiations performed a key position in materialising Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s transfer to Chelsea in 2022 for £10 million.
Marcos Alonso was part of Bolton Wanderers from 2010 to 2013. In that interval, he had donned the Bolton jersey on 46 events. Alonso, who has a €50 million launch clause included within the contract, joined Chelsea in August 2016. Overall, the 32-year-old represented the London-based outfit 212 occasions. His spell on the Stamford Bridge-based facet ended on a dismal word after Chelsea administration determined to terminate Alonso’s contract in 2022. Following his contract termination, Alonso joined Barcelona. It was reported that Alonso took a serious pay minimize to safe his transfer to the Camp Nou-based facet.
Alonso’s present contract with Barcelona is scheduled to run out in 2024. After making 27 appearances for the Blaugranas, Alonso has discovered the again of the web thrice. In the 2022-23 La Liga season, Alonso has performed six matches for the Xavi-coached facet. In his newest task, Alonso was seen in motion in the course of the La Liga fixture towards arch-rivals Real Madrid on March 20.
In the worldwide circuit, Marcos Alonso has thus far performed 9 matches for the Spanish facet.
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