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title: "Chelsea: Blues on the hunt for a new left-back amid doubts surrounding Marcos Alonso and Emerson"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Callum Pragnell"
section: "Chelsea Football Club"
published: "2019-10-22T03:30:12Z"
modified: "2019-10-22T03:30:12Z"
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# Chelsea: Blues on the hunt for a new left-back amid doubts surrounding Marcos Alonso and Emerson

**Chelsea are reportedly searching for a new left-back, with neither Emerson Palmieri nor Marcos Alonso in the club’s long-term plans.**

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An exclusive report by [90 min](https://www.90min.com/posts/6480289-chelsea-to-pursue-new-left-back-with-marcos-alonso-emerson-not-in-long-term-plans?utm_source=RSS) claims that the Blues are desperately searching for a first-choice left-back with Leicester City’s Ben Chilwell top of their list.

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/THE-BREAKDOWN.png)

The west London club have successfully promoted a host of youth team players into the first-team fold throughout the previous year, including the likes of Callum Hudson-Odoi, Mason Mount, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Tammy Abraham. Meanwhile, 19-year-old defender Reece James is also starting to emerge as a [future prospect](https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/12/frank-lampard-says-reece-james-will-big-player-chelsea-heavy-manchester-united-defeat-10556564/) at Stamford Bridge.

They are, however, on the lookout for someone adept to playing on the left-hand side of defence, with the two players currently tasked with playing that position – Marcos Alonso and Emerson Palmieri – not thought to be in the club’s long-term plans moving forward.

Emerson started the campaign as first-choice left-back but has missed Chelsea’s last three league games with a hamstring injury (via [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/emerson/leistungsdaten/spieler/181778)).

Alonso, on the other hand, has performed well in the Italian’s absence and scored the Blues’ match-winner against Newcastle on Saturday afternoon, drilling home in the latter stages of the second-half to ensure the club made it [three wins on the bounce](https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/players/chelsea-injury-news-andreas-christensen-17111715) in the top-flight.

[90 min](https://www.90min.com/posts/6480289-chelsea-to-pursue-new-left-back-with-marcos-alonso-emerson-not-in-long-term-plans?utm_source=RSS) also report that another possible target for Chelsea – should they fail to land Chilwell for whatever reason – could be Basel’s South American star Blás Riveros, who has gained attention having racked up [72 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/blas-riveros/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/401732) for the Swiss outfit.

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Verdict.png)

Ben Chilwell is rapidly emerging as one of the [best young left-backs](https://www.90min.com/posts/6480289-chelsea-to-pursue-new-left-back-with-marcos-alonso-emerson-not-in-long-term-plans?utm_source=RSS) in Europe and certainly in the Premier League, so if Chelsea could land him next summer then it would be viewed as great business.

However, with two more than capable full-backs already at the club in the form of Alonso and Emerson, it does seem a little foolish that the Blues would fork out on another (if they couldn’t land Chilwell).

Time will tell, though perhaps focussing on bringing in another centre-back to partner Fikayo Tomori in the heart of defence would be a better option for the club, considering the struggles [Antonio Rudiger](https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/14/chelsea-suffer-antonio-rudiger-injury-blow-during-wolves-clash-10743391/) and [Andreas Christensen](https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/players/chelsea-injury-news-andreas-christensen-17111715) have faced with injury this term.

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