Chelsea receive transfer blow over pursuit of their prime target

Chelsea have suffered a transfer blow after it emerged target David Alaba has reportedly agreed a four-year deal with Real Madrid.

The 28-year-old’s contract with Bayern Munich expires in June and he has rejected the Bundesliga side’s offer to extend it.

Chelsea were confident they could lure Alaba to London after making Thomas Tuchel their new manager.

And the Blues were given a boost by Bayern chief Karl-Heinz Rummenigge last week when he insisted he knew nothing of how advanced negotiations between the Austrian and Madrid were.

However, Marca now claims that Alaba’s future has already been sorted after he passed a medical examination with Los Blancos.

And the versatile star has reportedly signed a pre-contract agreement to move their this summer on a deal until 2025.