{"id":8062,"date":"2026-05-13T22:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T22:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=8062"},"modified":"2026-05-13T22:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T22:51:14","slug":"xabi-alonso-open-to-becoming-next-chelsea-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=8062","title":{"rendered":"Xabi Alonso &#8216;open&#8217; to becoming next Chelsea manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_65\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>Xabi Alonso is reportedly \u201copen to the possibility\u201d of becoming the next Chelsea manager. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard is currently out of work after parting ways with Real Madrid in January, a day after the team lost to Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup final. He lasted just seven months in the role.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues are searching for a new head coach after sacking Liam Rosenior in April.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Xabi Alonso \u2018open\u2019 to becoming next Chelsea manager<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>According to The Athletic, Chelsea are \u201cexploring a deal\u201d to appoint Alonso as manager ahead of next season.<\/p>\n<p>Alonso is open to taking over at Stamford Bridge, but no decision has been made as the \u201cprocess continues\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Andoni Iraola is also a \u201cstrong contender\u201d for the job. The Basque native is set to leave Bournemouth when his contract expires this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Alonso has also been linked with Liverpool, but the Reds will reportedly retain Arne Slot as manager after guiding the club to UEFA Champions League qualification.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Read \u2013\u00a0Chelsea break remarkable running stat in Liverpool draw<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>See Also \u2013\u00a0Premier League Awards: Has VAR handed Arsenal the title?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Follow the Football Faithful on Social Media:<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Facebook\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootyFaithful_\">Twitter<\/a> | YouTube | TikTok<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xabi Alonso is reportedly \u201copen to the possibility\u201d of becoming the next Chelsea manager. The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8062","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\/8062","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=8062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}