Chelsea mainstay open to Barcelona summer transfer, could cost €50 million

Chelsea mainstay open to Barcelona summer transfer, could cost €50 million

Earlier today, reports emerged claiming that FC Barcelona had shown an interest in signing Chelsea left-back Marc Cucurella.

A former La Masia product, the 27-year-old left the club permanently in 2020 after a series of loan deals and has made a name for himself in the Premier League – first with Brighton & Hove Albion and now at Chelsea.

With Alejandro Balde’s form declining and Gerard Martin finding a new home at centre-back, Barcelona could need a new left-back in the summer, leading to the alleged interest in Cucurella.

Open to Barcelona return

Now, according to Mundo Deportivo, Cucurella would consider leaving Chelsea if an interesting offer arrives, and Barcelona are is one of the teams he would consider, as it would mean returning home.

Cucurella has previously said that he is happy in London and would live there all his life. But Chelsea are not going through their best moment.

There was a turning point following the dismissal of Enzo Maresca, and everything suggests that next season they will not be in the UEFA Champions League.

As such, Cucurella is now open to an exit and would seriously consider returning to Barcelona, his boyhood club.