Marc Cucurella says he was paying attention to the transfer attention in him this summer, as Chelsea beat Manchester City to his signature when the Blues refused to pay Brighton's asking price.
Cucurella was strongly linked with City for weeks, with Pep Guardiola admitting recently that he was a top target to replace Oleksandr Zinchenko at left-back. However, City refused to meet Brighton's valuation of Cucurella, with the Spaniard then moving to Chelsea for £55m, rising to £62m.
City have since spent an initial £11m on young left-back Sergio Gomez from Anderlecht to support Joao Cancelo, while Cucurella has made two appearances for Chelsea, registering one assist already.
