
Chelsea is reportedly exploring a deal to hire Xabi Alonso as their new head coach, with Alonso open to the possibility. This comes amid a search for a higher-caliber candidate after a series of underwhelming options.
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manager head coach has featured a series of rather underwhelming candidates so far, with the likes of Andoni Iraola and Marco Silva leading the way. Though it would not be surprising if we could not attract candidates of a higher caliber, ideally we’d be aiming slightly above midtable excellence.
And perhaps there is some hope of that latter possibility at this early stage of the search, with The Athletic’s David Ornstein reporting today that we are not only “exploring a deal” to go after Xabi Alonso, but that Alonso himself would be “open to the possibility”. Obviously, “nothing is decided” at this stage, but this is the strongest report we’ve seen yet of us at least trying to go for the former Bayer Leverkusen and Real Madrid manager.
Alonso’s time in the Spanish capital was ultimately short-lived, but it’s not like the team have not done any better since his exit and at least there were no training-ground fights under his stewardship. With Leverkusen, he not only won the club’s first ever Bundesliga title and Cup double in 2023-24 but would go 49 games without defeat in all competitions.
Other names mentioned that have been mentioned in our search include , , and Oliver Glasner, but I think Alonso would be the most exciting name for most at this moment.
Yes, reports indicate that Xabi Alonso is open to the possibility of becoming Chelsea's head coach.
Xabi Alonso won Bayer Leverkusen's first Bundesliga title and Cup double in the 2023-24 season and went 49 games unbeaten in all competitions.
Other candidates mentioned in Chelsea's search include Andoni Iraola, Marco Silva, Filipe Luis, Cesc Fabregas, and Oliver Glasner.


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