Six years after Marcos Alonso joined Chelsea from Fiorentina and had little to no expectations of the type of player he would become, Marcos Alonso leaves the club with over 200 appearances, 6 trophies (at least one of each except a League Cup) . . and most importantly 29 goals.

 Six years after Marcos Alonso joined Chelsea from Fiorentina and had little to no expectations of the type of player he would become, Marco...

 Six years after Marcos Alonso joined Chelsea from Fiorentina and had little to no expectations of the type of player he would become, Marcos Alonso leaves the club with over 200 appearances, 6 trophies (at least one of each except a League Cup) . . and most importantly 29 goals. 

(Among the current squad, only Mason Mount has more career aspirations for the club. The 31-year-old is now returning to his native Spain for the first time since leaving Real Madrid's academy in 2010 to cap in a multi one Barcelona to change to change every year Contract, a fair bookend Marcos' father (aka Marcos) played for Barcelona in the 1980s Marcos' grandfather Marquitos was a key player for Real Madrid in the late 1950s /p>As well as a €12m severance package from the Blues, the accountants booked this part as a 'free transfer' to Barcelona after Alonso terminated his contract with Chelsea. 

Whilee no player is perfect and Alonso certainly wasn't, he was a key figure in our last Premier League title and proved once again with Tuchel that few can do what he can do at left-back. 

Itt didn't hurt to save some of his best games for Spurs either. Both Marc Cucurella and Ben Chilwell have big shoes to fill at , especially when it comes to consistent attacking contributions and technically perfect volleys from the left-back position.