"In life and in football, sometimes you need to start new chapters you don't expect," Marc Cucurella admitted when asked about his shock £51.8m move to Real Madrid just hours before Spain's opening World Cup game. The 27-year-old defender made 50 appearances in all competitions for Chelsea in 2025-26, scoring one goal and providing four assists. "If you had asked me a few months ago, I probably would have said I don't expect to leave Chelsea," Cucurella revealed in a news conference on Thursday.
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