{"id":1623,"date":"2026-04-28T07:30:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=1623"},"modified":"2026-04-28T07:30:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:30:34","slug":"the-reasons-chelsea-have-made-contact-with-andoni-iraola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=1623","title":{"rendered":"The reasons Chelsea have &#8220;made contact&#8221; with Andoni Iraola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sources all over are reporting that Chelsea have made contact with Andoni Iraola \u2013 and the reasons for that are pretty obvious.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There is more and more chatter coming out about Chelsea\u2019s push for Andoni Iraola.<\/p>\n<p>It makes sense that he\u2019s the first name to come under the microscope. He is Premier League experienced, he\u2019s young and a rising talent, he\u2019s also able to speak to clubs given his contract with Bournemouth is up in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Mail say that he\u2019s on the list with Marco Silva and Eddie Howe, also Premier League experienced but still locked into their current jobs.<\/p>\n<h2>Chelsea prepare for long job hunt process<\/h2>\n<p>This is going to be a very long chase, with some candidates not even available to speak to until July when the World Cup is finished. So don\u2019t think that just because we\u2019re speaking to Iraola first it means he\u2019s the front runner.<\/p>\n<p>According to this report, Crystal Palace are really keen on Iraola too, and it will be interesting to see if they\u2019re able to pressure us into making an early decision by getting really serious with him.<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Trevoh Chalobah was asked about the stinging criticism of Chelsea from their erstwhile manager a week ago, and dealt with it in the only way you could really expect.<\/p>\n<p>Chalobah also spoke about the dressing room feeling after Liam Rosenior was sacked \u2013 you can imagine it\u2019s been pretty low.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast: Leeds fan Jack Durkin joins Jai Mcintosh to preview the FA Cup Semi Final!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/td3C9ns6uiU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories about <span class=\"topic\">Andoni Iraola<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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