{"id":7006,"date":"2026-05-11T02:53:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T02:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=7006"},"modified":"2026-05-11T02:53:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T02:53:51","slug":"fabrizio-romano-update-is-bad-news-for-chelsea-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=7006","title":{"rendered":"Fabrizio Romano update is bad news for Chelsea fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Fabrizio Romano has warned Chelsea fans to not get overexcited about talk of Xabi Alonso coming to Stamford Bridge.<\/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>The various different football insiders are jostling into place to try and be the first to break news about Chelsea\u2019s managerial situation, with Nicolo Schira this week pushing a lot of stories about Xabi Alonso being in the frame, but the big daddy of them all, Fabrizio Romano, is who we\u2019ve all been waiting to hear from.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his Youtube channel this morning, he\u2019s just dropped this big update on how close the former Real Madrid boss is to actually taking over at Chelsea.<\/p>\n<h2>Romano plays down Alonso to Chelsea rumours<\/h2>\n<h2\/>\n<p><span>\u201cAt the moment, guys, I can guarantee there is still nothing advanced or concrete on this one,\u201d Romano said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cXabi Alonso is a big name, available on the market and is ready to restart another chapter if he can find the right project. But at the moment, still nothing advanced with any club.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We still have our doubts Alonso would ever be interested in the setup at Chelsea, and this has confirmed our suspicions that other insiders are getting ahead of themselves.<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Levi Colwill was asked about how it felt to come back having missed almost a full season, and he had some very heartfelt thanks for some of those people who had helped him.<\/p>\n<p>Calum McFarlane was asked about the tactic that saw Marc Cucurella released in the channel time and again and didn\u2019t give much away.<\/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: Chelsea Reporter Lloyd Canfield joins the show!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7UP6ox8d4pk?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\">Xabi Alonso<\/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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