{"id":17092,"date":"2026-07-14T01:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T01:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=17092"},"modified":"2026-07-14T01:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T01:44:10","slug":"xabi-alonso-first-chelsea-press-conference-blues-boss-on-transfers-exits-enzo-fernandez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=17092","title":{"rendered":"Xabi Alonso first Chelsea press conference &#8211; Blues boss on transfers, exits, Enzo Fernandez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div tabindex=\"0\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">There will be plenty on the agenda for Xabi Alonso in his first Chelsea press conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The transfer window will likely dominate the agenda, particularly with Alejandro Garnacho not taking part in Alonso&#8217;s first training session. The Spaniard will likely detail exactly why this was the case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Enzo Fernandez&#8217;s future will also be at the top of the list. Real Madrid have made it clear he is not on their radar, yet his agent, Javier Pastore, has claimed they are exploring options.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Then there is the situation about the goalkeepers. Will Robert Sanchez remain as the Blues No. 1 or will Mike Penders be offered an opportunity. All of this and many more will surely be covered.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-34255304\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"34255304\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.510794297352342\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Enzo Fernandez celebrates\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article34255304.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_GettyImages-2285095849.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article34255304.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_GettyImages-2285095849.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article34255304.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_GettyImages-2285095849.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article34255304.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_GettyImages-2285095849.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Enzo Fernandez celebrates scoring the winning goal for Argentina in their win against Egypt\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Enzo Fernandez celebrates scoring the winning goal for Argentina in their win against Egypt<cite aria-label=\"Image: Patrick Smith - FIFA\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Patrick Smith &#8211; FIFA)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There will be plenty on the agenda for Xabi Alonso in his first Chelsea press&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}