Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella reportedly closing in on move to Real Madrid

[p]The 27-year-old had been linked with a return to Spain over the past few weeks, but it’s largely been to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/atl-madrid/jaarqpLQ/"]Atletico Madrid[/a] or [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/SKbpVP5K/"]Barcelona[/a].[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cucurella-marc/QTynbZd3/"]Cucurella[/a] even opened up about a conversation with incoming [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a] manager Xabi Alonso, saying the fellow Spaniard gave him ‘confidence’ in the project.[/p][p]Now, according to [i][b]Fabrizio Romano[/b][/i], the left-back has agreed terms with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Real Madrid[/a] and will leave Chelsea.[/p][embed guid="59fc825a-e80a-4074-bdf2-fd10367046f9" url="https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/2066186850688029165" social-type="twitter" /][p]It’s understood that new Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho was pushing to get the move done, and Cucurella will join after the World Cup.[/p]