Xabi Alonso agrees to become Chelsea manager on four‑year deal

sportsMay 16, 202619272

Xabi Alonso has agreed to become Chelsea manager on a four-year contract. The 44-year-old Spaniard visited London last week to finalize terms, and the club is preparing an official announcement expected before Chelsea host Tottenham on Tuesday. Alonso arrives after leading Bayer Leverkusen to the 2023-24 Bundesliga title and will be tasked with rebuilding Chelsea’s squad and playing identity over a long-term mandate.

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@theathleticfc.bsky.social

A total agreement has been reached for Xabi Alonso to become the new Chelsea manager. Alonso, 44, visited London early last week and has accepted the opportunity. More from @david-ornstein.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/727...

11224d ago

Coke.5

What's this total agreement shit? Is it different from an agreement?

Dashing3

Another year of Slot ball. Fuck off

HowsItGoin'3

Be interesting to see how much control they promised him and how much he actually gets once the contracts signed. I just dont see the owners egos allowing it to happen. As poorly run as the club is the madness has still been successful when you look at the silverware won by them.

Mr Sibson2

Look forward to him losing on a wet Wednesday night in Ipswich.

Fabrizio Romano (MIRROR)

@fabrizioromano.yopro20.com

🚨 BREAKING: Xabi Alonso has accepted to become Chelsea next manager, HERE WE GO! 🔵🔜 The agreement is set to be completed. #CFC prepare official announcement for the upcoming days, but Xabi said YES. 💣

2924d ago

Pardeep Cattry

@pcattry.bsky.social

Mohamed Salah is out here trying to get Arne Slot fired and here Xabi Alonso is trading the mess at Real Madrid for the mess at Chelsea

1424d ago

Ben Jacobs

@jacobsben.bsky.social

🚨 More on Xabi Alonso's Chelsea appointment. Agreement in place. Former Leverkusen and Real Madrid verbally boss agreed to the role before the FA Cup Final. Terms in place on a four-year contract. Announcement expected within 24 hours, likely on Monday. #LFC never made an approach.🔵

1424d ago

Sam Tighe

@stighefootball.bsky.social

I have questions, Xabi Alonso. The first of which is what have they promised you is changing from here on?

1624d ago

horse massacre

@torqpenderloin.bsky.social

xabi alonso accepting a job with the chelsea owners is all the proof you need that he's not very bright

1324d ago

Jon G

@jongard.bsky.social

Dad was very close to Xabi Alonso when at LFC. For years after he left, Xabi'd fly Dad to a game wherever he was playing. Think Norm was in more of Xabi's wedding photos than Xabi was. He reached out to say what a great man Dad was when he passed. Going to be weird having a likeable Chelsea boss.

1124d ago

Stay Gold

@goldenboot.bsky.social

Letting Xabi Alonso go to Chelsea given our current situation is genuinely unforgivable. #LFC #LiverpoolFC

925d ago

Nizaar Kinsella

@nizaarkinsella.bsky.social

🚨Chelsea are in advanced talks to appoint Xabi Alonso as their next manager. It's not done but could happen in the next few days should all go to plan. Optimism from all parties involved. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

524d ago

Dan Twining

@dantwining.bsky.social

Xabi Alonso going to Chelsea is a wildly bad choice. Unless he can find a way to bully the Chelsea hierarchy into submission it'll surely just go the way of Maresca (or his time at Madrid maybe?)

724d ago

it’s me, aubrey plaza accord

@sellingtheta.bsky.social

so Xabi Alonso is going to chelsea. He goes from a team where players didn’t listen to him (Madrid) to a team where the ownership feels they know everything and will tell him what to do. don’t really get it, but maybe he didn’t receive assurances from Liverpool that they’d sack Slot.

624d ago

Aveek Bhattacharya

@aveek18.bsky.social

I am so confused as to why Xabi Alonso thinks it's a good idea to take the Chelsea job, and even more confused as to what the hurry is, why he doesn't give it a couple of weeks to see if other opportunities emerge.

624d ago