Chelsea star Marc Cucurella has spoken about his desire to move to a Premier League rival of the Blues before arriving at Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2022

Marc Cucurella admitted he was desperate to join Manchester City before agreeing to join Chelsea . The Spaniard wanted to depart Brighton to link up with Pep Guardiola but a deal did not come to fruitition.

City saw multiple bids rejected , and Cucurella even submitted a transfer request in an effort to force through a transfer to the Etihad Stadium. Ultimately, Chelsea entered the picture and stumped up a fee in the region of £63million to leave City out of the race, with Guardiola instead turning to Manuel Akanji and Sergio Gomez during the 2022 summer transfer window. Akanji was often the figure to play on the left a

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