Marcos Alonso shed light on his strife with Lampard in September 2020

Marcos Alonso has now explained what transpired during his four-month banishment from

Frank Lampard

's Chelsea squad after a dramatic half-time brawl in the game against West Bromwich Albion. 

The 31-year-old was benched for the last 20 games of Lampard's tenure after being sent off at halftime against West Bromwich Albion in September 2020. 

Last season, Lampard declined to touch on the event in detail, saying simply that 'he doesn't keep grudges,' but Alonso has now opted to reveal an undisclosed narrative from within Chelsea ranks.

"

I watched the game upstairs and, with five minutes to go, they [West Brom security] told me I cannot be here so I went downstairs to the changing room,"

the Spain international told

from Chelsea's training camp in Abu Dhabi ahead of Saturday's Club World Cup final against

Palmeiras

. 

"Then when the referee blew the whistle I went to the coach before the team got back. It was not with any bad intention that I wanted to leave but I had a shower at half-time already, I had a shower upstairs and then I just went. 

"I was not happy, of course, with how the game went and everything but it was not any intention to do that. I spoke to my team-mates straight after. 

"If someone felt offended or something, everyone was OK. There was the story out there, but it was nothing like this.

"The manager didn't take it well but I explained everything that happened. He thought I left before the end of the game but I told him no. 

"There was some medical staff in the changing room who can provide the right information [to what happened]. It's gone, of course."

Following the firing of former Blues player Frank Lampard in January last year,

Thomas Tuchel

welcomed Alonso back into the mainstream. 

Throughout his exile, Alonso revealed that he turned down bids to depart in the hopes of continuing his career with the west London club. 

"I was out for a while but then I was back, I scored and we won the derby [against Tottenham]. It's not over. I signed a long contract here to stay for a long time. Chelsea is the most important club in my career. I want to give back all the chances they put in me. That's my only target. 

"There will be good moments, there will be bad moments, there will be managers coming in and out. My contract is with Chelsea and I serve the club.

"I have always had interest from other clubs but, to be honest, it was never my intention to leave. I wanted to fight for my position. I know what I can give to the team and until the club tells me something else then that will always be my target.

"I am happy to be here to achieve these kinds of trophies. I am looking forward to Saturday to try to make history and continue making the fans happy and ourselves also."

The Club World Cup final on Saturday versus Palmeiras will be another chance for him to add to his prize collection. 

He can lift the Club World Cup and Carabao Cup to complete a clean sweep of titles available to Chelsea during his six-year stay at Stamford Bridge, having already won the

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He will have one year remaining on his deal at the end of the season, and he stated that he may try to follow in the footsteps of Cesar Azpilicueta and renew his contract.

He said:

"Why not [stay longer]? For me, I still have another year-and-a-half on my contract. I’m not thinking further than Saturday at the moment. 

"It’s a question I don’t know the answer to and it doesn’t just depend on what I want. But I will always try to give 100 percent and always focus on the next game. I am very happy here so why not?"

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