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Xabi Alonso is reportedly pushing Chelsea hard to sign out-of-favour Real Madrid left-back Alvaro Carreras, who is likely to struggle for minutes under new boss Jose Mourinho.<\/p>\n
The former Manchester United youngster went from playing at Preston North End on loan in 2023 to starting for the biggest team in the world in the space of two years.<\/p>\n
After not being given a chance at Old Trafford, the defender had a productive loan at Benfica in 2024, before joining them permanently later that year.<\/p>\n
After one full season with the Portuguese giants, Racing<\/strong> signed for his boyhood club Madrid in a deal worth around \u00a343m on a six-year deal.<\/p>\n For the first half of the 2025-26 season, the 23-year-old was a regular in Los Blancos\u2019 starting XI. But when Alonso got sacked, and Alvaro Arbeloa replaced him in January, Carreras\u2019 game time slowly dropped off.<\/p>\n READ: Real Madrid: \u2018Agreed\u2019 Rodri deal hijacked by two European giants<\/strong><\/p>\n To make matters worse, Madrid<\/strong> forked out \u00a352m to recruit Chelsea left-back and 2026 World Cup winner with Spain, Marc Cucurella.<\/p>\n After several years at Stamford Bridge, the former Brighton defender wrote on Instagram this week, \u201cHi Blues, after four seasons together, it\u2019s time to say goodbye. I have had some time to reflect and remember what we have lived together.<\/p>\n \u201cI arrived here as a young lad with the dream of winning many trophies and playing in the Champions League. We had a tough start, it\u2019s true, but with hard work and effort we were able to turn it around.<\/p>\n \u201cThanks to this club and its high expectations today, I can honestly say that London will always be my home and you will always be part of my story.\u201d<\/p>\n Incidentally, heading into the new season, Carreras is set to be second choice. Will he be patient and fight for his place or will the former Spain Under-21 international seek an Alonso reunion?<\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/strong>Chelsea transfers: Romano confirms \u2018here we go\u2019 coming \u2018very, very soon\u2019 in surprise double deal<\/strong><\/p>\n According to Sports World<\/strong>, <\/em>Carreras could leave Madrid and head to Chelsea<\/strong>as he will be \u2018relegated to the bench\u2019 following Cucurella\u2019s arrival.<\/p>\n Alonso is said to have \u2018not stopped asking and showing his interest\u2019 in Carreras to Chelsea\u2019s hierarchy, with the next few weeks likely to be \u2018key\u2019 in whether a deal can come to pass.<\/p>\n The report adds that his sale to the Blues would recover a large part of their investment made to sign Cucurella. There is, however, no mention that he is open to leaving the Santiago Bernabeu outfit.<\/p>\n Chelsea do have Jorrel Hato and Malo Gusto as makeshift left-backs but they could do with an out-and-out left-back ahead of the new season. This, therefore, makes sense and is along the lines of the BlueCo policy of signing young talent.<\/p>\n The efforts to bring in veterans Danny Welbeck and Jordan Henderson are the opposite of that. Regardless, the aforementioned article is titled \u2018Xabi Alonso could do Mourinho a favour\u2019. Whether that happens remains to be seen.<\/p>\n GO DEEPER<\/em>: Chelsea blasted as \u2018charlatans\u2019 for U-turn and Henderson is \u2018dumbest\u2019 BlueCo call<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n