sport news Marc Cucurella's move to Chelsea from Brighton is COMPLETE - with Thomas ... trends now Marc Cucurella's move to Chelsea is COMPLETE - with Thomas Tuchel's side paying Brighton £52.5m for the Spanish defender as they beat Manchester City to his signature By Simon Jones and Max Mathews For Mailonline Published: 19:39 BST, 3 August 2022 | Updated: 19:48 BST, 3 August 2022 1 Viewcomments Chelsea have signed Marc Cucurella from Brighton for £52.5million. Sportsmail reported on Tuesday night that the west London side were close to a deal worth around £50m for the versatile Spanish defender. And it has now been confirmed that Cucurella's move to Stamford Bridge is complete. Chelsea have confirmed the £52.5million signing of Marc Cucurella (pictured) from Brighton The 24-year-old had already agreed to join the club but was awaiting the go-ahead once the finer details of the fee and payment were passed by Brighton's owners. Cucurella had handed in a transfer request last week after seeing Manchester City thwarted in their attempts to sign him for under £40m. Pep Guardiola's Premier League title holders are keen to strengthen at left back after the departure of Oleksandr Zinchenko to Arsenal and amid Benjamin Mendy's ongoing absence, with only Joao Cancelo as a senior option in that position. But City have turned their attention to Anderlecht star Sergio Gomez as an alternative after Chelsea hijacked their move for Cucurella. The 24-year-old joined Brighton from Getafe for £15m last summer but impressed in his debut season. It had been considered that the former Barcelona academy graduate only wanted to join up with Pep Guardiola but he has been convinced of Chelsea's project under Thomas Tuchel and new owner Todd Boehly. For their part, Brighton are discussing a separate deal for Chelsea centre-back Levi Colwill, 19, who impressed on loan at Huddersfield last season and have expressed an interest in RB Leipzig's former Manchester City full-back Angelino. Chelsea have had a chaotic couple of weeks striving to strengthen Tuchel's defensive options but the addition of Cucurella, Brighton's Player of the Year last season, will be a major coup. Cucurella's arrival will pave the way for Malang Sarr to move to Monaco on loan with an option to buy for around £10m, and, potentially, for Ben Chilwell's backup Marcos Alonso to move to Barcelona. Chelsea want to add at least one more centre-back while they have also enquired about Southampton right-back Kyle Walker-Peters as well as Denzel Dumfries at Inter Milan. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility