He was seen among Inter’s new players this July, but in the end, Cesar Azpilicueta finished in Atletico Madrid. As reported by the well-informed media from England and Spain, primarily Madrid’s ’Marca’, the Chelsea captain continues his career with the Rojiblancos, with whom he has already reached an agreement on a two-year cooperation. He is also finishing the agreement with Chelsea over finishing his contract a year earlier, with Atletico paying certain future bonuses, should the clauses be triggered, of course.📝 Signed for £7m🔵 508 Apps⚽ 17 Goals🎯 56 Assists🏆🏆 Premier League🏆🏆 Europa League🏆 Champions League🏆 FA Cup🏆 League Cup🏆 Super Cup🏆Club World Cup🏅 #CFC Players’ POTY✅ Most CFC Apps by an Overseas PlayerCesar Azpilicueta will leave a Chelsea legend 💙 pic.twitter.com/TFczND9ucr— CFC-Blues (@CFCBlues_com) June 30, 2023 Azpilicueta comes as a direct wish of Cholo Simeone, who asked the management to bring him the Spaniard as soon as he realized that he would leave Stamford Bridge. At one point, Azpilicueta was really close to moving to Inter, but he could not refuse the invitation from his homeland. Especially since Simeone has given him serious playing time and a role as a right back and stopper, and his family prefers to come back to Spain as they prepare for his retirement. 💣🚨| BREAKING: César Azpilicueta will be moving to Atlético de Madrid. Inter has withdrawn from the race! 🇪🇸🔴⚪️[🎖️: @DiMarzio] pic.twitter.com/fqjJJTzeVn— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) June 30, 2023 Inter’s director Beppe Marotta also knows that there is uncertainty over the player’s arrival, and acknowledges the family’s reasons for the decision. “I will not deny that Ausilio, Baccin and I had Azpilicueta as a player we like, as apart from his technical characteristics, he has great experience and a winning mentality for the locker room. However, he is Spanish, it seems he is intrigued by some proposals from Spain, so naturally he is evaluating it. That is only normal and we respectfully wait for his response” said Inter’s CEO. Loftus-Cheek out, Jackson in – a 15 million euros surplus for Chelsea in one dayWith this deal, Chelsea and Atletico confirm that there is an excellent long-term business relationship between them. In the last two seasons, Saul and Joao Felix arrived at Chelsea from Atletico, both on loan. Before them, Alvaro Morata went to Madrid for more than 50,000,000 euros with an original loan, and before that Diego Costa went back and forth. He first arrived in London from Madrid for 38,000,000 euros in 2014 and returned four years later for 60,000,000. Before him, Philippe Luiz did the same, while, of course, the case of Thibaut Courtois, whom Chelsea gave to Atletico in order to improve, and then bought him back when he became one of the best goalkeepers in the world, is also remembered.##NAJAVA_MECA_7347256##
