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Chelsea are still chasing Real Madrid\u2019s \u00c1lvaro Carreras and a summer deal could be \u2018win-win for everyone\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n That\u2019s according to Mundo Deportivo, who claims the left-back could go to Chelsea in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n Last summer, the Spain international joined Real Madrid from Benfica when Xabi Alonso was in charge.<\/p>\n He played 40 matches for Los Blancos and 25 were under Alonso, who left the club in January. The fullback lost prominence at Madrid this year, while the Blues have appointed the Spaniard as their new manager.<\/p>\n Earlier this month, Sport Witness covered claims from Spain that the La Liga side had rejected a \u20ac25m bid from Chelsea.<\/p>\n The Premier League club sold Marc Cucurella to Jos\u00e9 Mourinho\u2019s side in June, and his exit has left a void.<\/p>\n His arrival at Real Madrid will push \u00c1lvaro Carreras down the pecking order. Therefore, the former Manchester United man could still leave this summer, a year after his arrival.<\/p>\n Chelsea are an option mainly because of their manager. The newspaper says Xabi Alonso has already expressed interest and has repeatedly asked about his former player.<\/p>\n Carreras can replace Cucurella at Stamford Bridge and also feature regularly, which he may not enjoy at Real Madrid.<\/p>\n His sale to Chelsea will see Mourinho\u2019s side recover a large part of their investment made to sign the World Cup winner. It would be a \u2018win-win\u2019 for all parties.<\/p>\n Mundo claims the coming weeks will be crucial to determine whether \u00c1lvaro Carreras will end up at Chelsea.<\/p>\n The defender has a contract until 2030, and Transfermarkt value him at \u20ac50m. There\u2019s no mention of whether he is open to leaving Real Madrid in this window.<\/p>\n He would have to decide on his future if Jos\u00e9 Mourinho were to not include him in his core plans next season. Even if the manager includes him, Carreras is likely to be behind Marc Cucurella.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chelsea target \u00c1lvaro Carreras Chelsea are still chasing Real Madrid\u2019s \u00c1lvaro Carreras and a summer…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Carreras could go to Chelsea<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Advances in next few weeks? <\/strong><\/h2>\n