Chelsea defender Marcos Alonso has reacted to the Stamford Bridge club’s move for Leicester City left-back Ben Chilwell on twitter.

Alonso “liked” a tweet criticising Chelsea’s transfer interest in left-back target Ben Chilwell.

The London club are reportedly resolute in their desire to sign Chilwell. But their interest in the City star appears has split opinions amongst the fanbase.

Whilst one dedicated a Twitter video in favour of signing the England international, another responded by listing the number of areas where Alonso is better than Chilwell.

The tweet read: “This guy can go on about Chilwell for 140 seconds and forgets to mention: – less goal contributions than Marcos Alonso, whos (sic) started FOURTEEN matches less than Chilwell. Less chances created/90 than MA. Less clean sheets/90 than MA. Less tackles won/90 than MA.”

Screenshots on Twitter revealed Alonso liked the tweet supporting his stats, though the Spaniard has since unliked the post.