Football transfer rumours: Chelsea's Marcos Alonso back to Real Madrid?

Today’s tell-all didn’t get where it is today learning about the ‘them and us’ situation which bedevils British industry so tragically

Having played just a solitary minute for Real Madrid’s first team back in April 2010, Marcos Alonso is being tenuously linked with a return to the club of his youth. After his only appearance – as a substitute, on for Gonzalo Higuaín in a 2-0 win over Racing Santander – for the senior team, Alonso went to on to play for Bolton, Fiorentina, Sunderland and then Chelsea, where his hair has recently developed a kind of lustrous, Michael Flatley-esque bouffant quality that appears to be attracting admiring “come hither” glances from the Bernabéu. With Chelsea precluded from buying players until January, they are unlikely to entertain any offers for the full-back and only time will tell how Alonso reacts to news of his former club’s apparent interest.

Following his team’s European Super Cup defeat at the hands of their city rivals Atlético on Wednesday, Real’s director of institutional relations (no, us neither), Emilio Butragueño, added his two cents to the blizzard of speculation regarding the future of Luka Modric. Despite interest from Inter, Butragueño insisted the Croatian playmaker “could not be happier to continue playing for Real Madrid”, although the player’s agent, Marko Naletilić has begged to differ.

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