{"id":10108,"date":"2026-05-18T13:40:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=10108"},"modified":"2026-05-18T13:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:40:41","slug":"calum-mcfarlane-staying-at-chelsea-on-first-team-coaching-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=10108","title":{"rendered":"Calum McFarlane staying at Chelsea on first team coaching staff"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Athletic have named five names who will be joining the backroom staff of Xabi Alonso on the Chelsea bench.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Every manager will have their trusted set of staff members who they will usually try and take with them wherever they go, and it seems that Alonso is going to be no different at Chelsea. Although, there is one new name that he hasn\u2019t worked with before who will be joining his coaching team, and that is current interim manager Callum McFarlane.<\/p>\n

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McFarlane has twice taken the role of interim manager at Chelsea recently over last season, standing in after Enzo Maresca left, and then again now after the sacking of Liam Rosenior. The club clearly like him and want to keep him involved, and he will now be working under Alonso.<\/p>\n

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Calum McFarlane on the touchline. (Photo by Alex Pantling\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Athletic report Calum McFarlane will remain at Chelsea <\/span>as part of Xabi Alonso\u2019s backroom staff. Alonso\u2019s trusted quartet Sebastian Parrilla, Alberto Encinas and Benat Labaien and Ismael Camenforte Lopez will be coming with him to Chelsea.<\/span><\/p>\n

So it\u2019s mostly a case of not changing what you know, and then Calum randomly added in there as well!<\/p>\n

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