{"id":64824,"date":"2026-08-02T17:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T17:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/64824\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T17:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T17:54:12","slug":"kokorellas-replacement-alonso-revives-a-madrid-club-with-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/64824\/","title":{"rendered":"Kokorella’s replacement: Alonso revives a Madrid club with millions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pep Chavarr\u00eda is set to take the biggest step of his professional career. He has decided to leave Rayo Vallecano for Chelsea in a deal worth 25 million euros, plus bonuses and add-ons, making it the largest sale in the Madrid club’s history.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sport newspaper<\/a> reported that the official announcement will come in the coming hours, once the two clubs have ironed out the final details.<\/p>\n

Rayo Vallecano had hoped to bank a figure close to the 50 million euro release clause in the player’s contract. In the end, the two parties settled for around half that amount.<\/p>\n

The left-back arrives in the Premier League off the back of the best season of his career. He played 44 matches across various competitions, scored one goal, a superb strike against Atl\u00e9tico Madrid, and provided 3 assists, cementing his status as one of the most prominent left-backs in La Liga.<\/p>\n

That form drew interest from a number of major European clubs, including Bayer Leverkusen, but the player ultimately preferred a move to Chelsea.<\/p>\n

In London, Chavarr\u00eda will work under Spanish coach Xabi Alonso, whose system is built on 3 defenders and attacking full-backs. It suits the attacking qualities of the Spaniard down to the ground.<\/p>\n

Chavarr\u00eda has already touched down in the English capital, where he will fill the void left by Marc Cucurella’s move to Real Madrid. His main competition for the left-back berth will come from Jorrel Hato.<\/p>\n

Figueres, Olot, Real Zaragoza and Rayo Vallecano have shaped his journey so far. Now Pep Chavarr\u00eda prepares for the biggest challenge of his career at one of the giants of European football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pep Chavarr\u00eda is set to take the biggest step of his professional career. He has decided to leave…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[942,85,19085,82,26022,100,875,83,265,3528],"class_list":["post-64824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-madrid","tag-chelsea","tag-laliga","tag-m-cucurella","tag-madrid","tag-p-chavarria","tag-premier-league","tag-rayo-vallecano","tag-real-madrid","tag-transfers","tag-x-alonso"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}