{"id":615725,"date":"2022-08-04T15:49:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T19:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=615725"},"modified":"2022-08-04T15:49:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T19:49:46","slug":"marc%e2%80%90cucurella%e2%80%90joining%e2%80%90chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/04\/marc%e2%80%90cucurella%e2%80%90joining%e2%80%90chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabrizio Romano: \u2018Fantastic\u2019 Player Now &#8216;In London&#8217; to Finalise Chelsea Move After Rapid Transfer Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1555257433207050242\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a> has announced that Marc Cucurella is in London undergoing his medical tests with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/04\/chelsea-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea<\/a>. The deal is waiting to be rubber-stamped for a reported fee of\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/03\/chelsea-complete-marc-cucurella-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">\u00a352.5 million<\/a>, w<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ith the medical currently taking place and personal terms agreed with the Spanish international. The fullback is just waiting on the final documents to be signed between the two clubs, before both teams can announce the transfer of this \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11096\/12656385\/marc-cucurella-man-city-manager-pep-guardiola-putting-faith-in-brighton-full-back-to-solve-problem-position\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fantastic\u2019<\/a> player following the rapid progress of the move.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Marc Cucurella: \u2018Fantastic\u2019\u00a0Spanish International Left\u2010Back Edges Closer to Chelsea Transfer<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Excl: Marc Cucurella is in London as expected since yesterday and he\u2019s now currently undergoing medical tests with Chelsea. \ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udd35 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the final step, then waiting for documents to be signed between clubs then join Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>Here we go confirmed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CKdHdcGCZx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/CKdHdcGCZx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1555257433207050242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Brighton Defender to Bolster the Blues<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Cucurella has arrived in London to complete his medical as the Spanish international edges closer to finalising his transfer to Chelsea. The defender joined <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/03\/brighton-deny-reports-50-million-defender\/\" target=\"_self\">Brighton &amp; Hove Albion<\/a> last summer for \u00a315 million and has enjoyed a superb first season at the American Express Community Stadium. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/03\/manchester-city-sergio-gomez-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester City<\/a> were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-11080149\/Manchester-City-frustrated-transfer-negotiations-unfolded-Brighton-Marc-Cucurella.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">seemingly<\/a> clear favourites to sign the Seagull\u2019s Players\u2019 Player and Supporters\u2019 Player of the Year before Chelsea made their move.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/04\/leicester-city-wesley-fofana-chelsea-bid\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea Continue Chase for Unbelievable Player<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pep Guardiola&#8217;s champions refused to pay anywhere near the Seagull&#8217;s asking price, with the South Coast club reportedly rejecting their approaches of under \u00a340 million. Brighton have <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/03\/brighton-deny-reports-50-million-defender\/\" target=\"_self\">officially said no deal has been reached<\/a>, but with their star left back in London, it only seems a matter of time before Cucurella becomes a Chelsea player.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/articles\/cx0q9j782gyo\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Levi Colwill<\/a> could seemingly head in the opposite direction in a separate deal, with the young centre-back unable to earn a\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SJohnsonSport\/status\/1555246019083894786\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">squad number<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0at Stamford Bridge for the coming season.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What Cucurella Will Bring to Chelsea<\/h3>\n<p>The Spanish defender has shown his ability on the ball, which will be vital to him fitting in with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/28\/thomas-tuchel-cesar-azpilicueta-barcelona\/\" target=\"_self\">Thomas Tuchel<\/a>&#8216;s possession-based style of play. The Chelsea manager demands a lot from his players, and Cucurella is a player that will deliver. His ball progression ability is impressive, whether running with the ball himself or picking the right pass.<\/p>\n<p>He is accurate when passing and very forward-thinking, but he&#8217;s adept at the defensive side of his game, with him showing he can more than cope with the physical side of the Premier League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fabrizio Romano has announced that Marc Cucurella is in London undergoing his medical tests with Chelsea. The deal is waiting to be rubber-stamped for a reported fee of\u00a0\u00a352.5 million, with the medical currently taking place and personal terms agreed with the Spanish international. The fullback is just waiting on the final documents to be signed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":615749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1265,11,7188],"tags":[8611,3813],"class_list":["post-615725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-brighton-and-hove-albion","category-chelsea","category-rumours","tag-chelsea-transfer-rumours","tag-marc-cucurella"],"modified_by":"Joseph Howes, Site Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}