{"id":5139,"date":"2026-05-07T00:30:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T00:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=5139"},"modified":"2026-05-07T00:30:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T00:30:47","slug":"fabrizio-romano-reveals-whether-xavi-wants-stamford-bridge-job-amid-man-utd-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=5139","title":{"rendered":"Fabrizio Romano reveals whether Xavi wants Stamford Bridge job amid Man Utd \u2018proposal\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Xavi is ready to take charge of Chelsea, but the transfer guru has claimed that the club\u2019s owners, BlueCo, have not made an approach for the Barcelona legend.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Independent<\/em> reported this week that <strong>Chelsea are considering hiring Xavi as their new manager<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Xavi<\/strong> is without a managerial role at the moment, having parted with Barcelona at the end of the 2023\/24 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Xavi is among a number of candidates that <strong>Chelsea<\/strong> are considering, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>However, journalist <em>Ben Jacobs<\/em> has claimed that Chelsea are not planning to move for Xavi, although the Barcelona legend\u2019s entourage are insistent that the Blues are keen on him.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>talkSPORT<\/em> journalist wrote on <em>X<\/em> at 5:51pm on May 5: \u201cXavi Hernandez side insist Chelsea have made a formative approach and is open to a move to England.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: Champions League prize money table calculated as Arsenal winnings skyrocket<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, my understanding is Chelsea are not expected to proceed. Xabi Alonso, Marco Silva and Andoni Iraola all under serious consideration and Xavi, for now, ruled out by Chelsea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Teacher transfer <strong><em>Fabrizio Romano<\/em> <\/strong>has revealed the information that he has been given about Xavi.<\/p>\n<p>While Romano has disclosed that Xavi would love to manage Chelsea, the Italian journalist has dismissed suggestions that the Premier League club have made contact with the 46-year-old.<\/p>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"84d65181a95c24c4fea73e44b4e27a17\" image-id=\"ltKDEYcvrIW5\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Xavi has also been proposed to Man Utd to replace Michael Carrick as the permanent manager at Old Trafford, according to Romano.<\/p>\n<p>Carrick was appointed the Man Utd interim manager in January 2026 following the departure of Ruben Amorim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: Just how screwed will Chelsea be without Champions League football next season?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea appointed Calum McFarlane as their interim manager until the end of the season following the sacking of Liam Rosenior.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>No Chelsea contact with Xavi<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Romano said about Xavi and Chelsea on his <em>YouTube channel:<\/em> \u201cMy understanding, guys, after checking this is that there is nothing ongoing between Chelsea and Xavi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZero. Nothing happened between Chelsea and Xavi. That\u2019s the understanding as of today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen, guys, as I always say, Xavi is a top manager. Chelsea are a top club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf tomorrow morning they decide to meet, I will let you know.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, as of today, beginning of May, zero contacts between Xavi and Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd this is not disrespect from Chelsea, just they are not talking to Xavi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are different candidates. There are different names on the shortlist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s real on Xavi is that Xavi would love to work in England.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cXavi feels ready for an opportunity even outside of Spain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cXavi feels ready for a new chapter after what he did, the important job he did at Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Xavi would be open to Premier League future, similar to Andoni Iraola.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIraola did fantastic at Bournemouth, he\u2019s doing fantastic at Bournemouth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cXavi wants to consider also Premier League as a potential destination, not the only one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, Xavi is very open about his future, but Premier League would be interesting for Xavi Hernandez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can also reveal to you that Xavi Hernandez was also proposed to Manchester United since January, since they decided to part ways with Ruben Amorim as an option for the job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Manchester United decided Michael Carrick interim coach and now Michael Carrick with big chances to continue at the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, Xavi would love to work in Premier League one day, but, as of today, my understanding is that nothing really concrete is happening between Chelsea and Xavi Hernandez.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT:<\/strong> <strong>BlueCo reach decision on selling Chelsea\u2019s \u2018best player\u2019 to Barcelona<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<p><script>\n        !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n        {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n        n.queue=();t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)(0);\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n        'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('init', '1399787394855675');\n        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    <\/script><script>\n        !function(e,n,t){var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)(0);e.getElementById\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Xavi is ready to take charge of Chelsea, but the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5139","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\/5139","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=5139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}