Chelsea have ruled out an attempt to bring Xavi Hernandez in as their new manager according to Ben Jacobs\u2019 reporting today.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
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 The Chelsea chase for a manager is going to turn into a war of sources, and all the top insiders will want their moment in the spotlight.<\/p>\n Today Miguel Delaney launched the idea that Xavi Hernandez could be in the mix for the job, adding him to the list of names we\u2019ve already heard.<\/p>\n But this afternoon Ben Jacobs, who is very well connected with the current Chelsea regime, contradicted the Independent reporter somewhat.<\/p>\n He confirmed that Chelsea have made a \u201cformative\u201d approach (we\u2019re not sure that word means what he thinks it does), but claims Chelsea are \u201cnot expected to proceed,\u201d and that the former Barcelona man has been \u201cruled out by Chelsea\u201d.<\/p>\n Frankly Xavi never seemed like a prime candidate to us anyway \u2013 he doesn\u2019t have the Premier League experience as player or coach that the club are said to be looking for. He\u2019s a big name, but not much more than that.<\/p>\n Then again, once options start turning us down, there\u2019s no telling how far down the list we\u2019ll have to go.<\/p>\n Said El Mala looks like a serious target for Chelsea this summer, with a \u20ac50m asking price now reported by an insider.<\/p>\n Thierry Henry has called for Chelsea to be patient with their managers \u2013 but which have actually deserved patience?<\/p>\n DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\nXavi ruled out by Chelsea as Blues focus on Premier League candidates<\/h2>\n
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