Marcos Alonso completes Fiorentina move
After two years at the Reebok Stadium following a £2 million-plus move and 47 appearances in all competitions, Marcos Alonso is on the move. He has signed a three year deal with Fiorentina.
After two years at the Reebok Stadium following a £2 million-plus move and 47 appearances in all competitions, Marcos Alonso is on the move. He has signed a three year deal with Fiorentina.
Dougie Freedman has captured his first senior signing of the summer, bringing in former Norwich City defender Marc Tierney. The 27-year-old left back will be Marcos Alonso's replacement if and when the Spanish defender leaves
With Marcos Alonso all but certain to leave the Reebok, most of the attention this summer will be on the left back spot, but Bolton's young right back is entering his own make-or-break season.
It's something we've known about for some time but Alonso's exit is getting ever closer to confirmation. According to the Daily Mirror, the defender's free transfer to Serie A side Fiorentina is just about done.
Per a report, Bolton have agreed a £350,000 fee for Trent Sainsbury and are now vying for his signature with Southampton.
Alonso's agent is his father, Marcos Alonso Peña, a Barcelona and Atletico Madrid great with more than 20 senior Spain caps to his name. He spoke to Italian site tuttomercatoweb (via Sky Sports) about the possibility of his son moving
Marcos Alonso's contract runs out at the end of the season and the suitors are already in line for the defender. Dougie Freedman says Bolton won't break the bank to keep him, instead promising the player a better development experience.
Marcos Alonso is just 22 years old and has an excellent future ahead of him. Well, that's great until you realize that there is only two months left on his Bolton contract.
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Should this deal happen tomorrow, it will leave Bolton Wanderers scrambling for a left back. With Alonso gone, the only fit player that could really play left back on Bolton's books would be Sam Ricketts.
The latest Trotter that seems all set to make this move is young Marcos Alonso, who, after two-and-a-half years of mediocrity and sitting on the sidelines, had finally taken his Bolton chance.