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Chelsea have made contact with former Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso in order to convince him to move to Stamford Bridge, according to journalist Ben Jacobs, who has also revealed Cesc Fabregas and Francesco Farioli\u2019s stance on taking the role at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n
Calum McFarlane is the interim manager of Chelsea<\/strong> at the moment, having been appointed to the role in April 2026, following the sacking of Liam Rosenior.<\/p>\n Rosenior himself was made Chelsea manager in January 2026 after Enzo Maresca parted ways with the London club.<\/p>\n According to Ben Jacobs<\/em>former Liverpool and Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso<\/strong> is now \u201ca leading contender\u2019 for the Chelsea managerial role.<\/p>\n The talkSPORT journalist has claimed that Chelsea owners, BlueCo, have already made contact with Alonso, who is without a managerial job at the moment after parting ways with Madrid in January 2026.<\/p>\n Alonso, who won the Bundesliga title with Bayer Leverkusen in 2023\/24, was appointed the Madrid manager only at the end of last season.<\/p>\n READ: Manager tells Chelsea owners BlueCo they \u2018messed up\u2019 as he hits out at mistake <\/strong><\/p>\n There has been persistent speculation linking Alonso with replacing Arne Slot as the Liverpool manager<\/strong> at the end of the season.<\/p>\n Jacobs, who has over 708,000 followers on X<\/em>has named Marco Silva of Fulham and outgoing Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola as two other candidates for the managerial role at Chelsea.<\/p>\n Former Flamengo manager Filipe Luis and Oliver Glasner, who will leave his managerial role at Crystal Palace at the end of the season, are the two other candidates.<\/p>\n Jacobs has added that Como manager and former Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas is not keen on leaving his role right now, while Francesco Farioli will stay in charge of FC Porto.<\/p>\n The journalist wrote on X<\/em> at 5:47pm on May 11: \u201cUnderstand Chelsea hope to appoint a successor to replace Liam Rosenior before the World Cup starts.<\/p>\n \u201cXabi Alonso is currently a leading contender and Chelsea have already made contact with the former Real Madrid and Leverkusen boss.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Chelsea choose \u2018early preferred choice\u2019 to be next manager but told four elite bosses \u2018wouldn\u2019t come\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cAlonso is keen on a Premier League job this summer.<\/p>\n \u201cFulham\u2019s Marco Silva and outgoing Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola both remain on the list.<\/p>\n \u201cCrystal Palace\u2019s Oliver Glasner and ex-Flamengo coach Filipe Luis are new names under consideration, as @Matt_Law_DT and @SamiMokbel_BBC called.<\/p>\n \u201cLuis was a name Chelsea discussed before appointing Rosenior with talks eventually centring on a potential switch to Strasbourg prior to Gary O\u2019Neil\u2019s appointment.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd Cesc Fabregas and Francesco Fariola both have admirers.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, Fabregas has said he\u2019s in no rush to leave Como, while sources close to Fariola insist he\u2019ll remain in Portugal.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: \u2018He\u2019s got to go\u2019 \u2013 Slot sack demanded as Alonso \u2018informs\u2019 Liverpool decision on next managerial move<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\nBlueCo contact Xabi Alonso to become new Chelsea manager<\/strong><\/h2>\n