{"id":8308,"date":"2026-05-14T11:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=8308"},"modified":"2026-05-14T11:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:38:08","slug":"alonso-stalling-on-chelsea-approach-amid-liverpool-ambition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=8308","title":{"rendered":"Alonso stalling on Chelsea approach amid Liverpool ambition"},"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 stalling on an approach from Chelsea to become the club\u2019s next manager, in case of a proposal from Liverpool.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alonso has been tentatively linked with Liverpool after a disappointing campaign for the Premier League champions.<\/p>\n<p>Though the expectation is that Arne Slot will be given a third season in charge, the audible unrest from Anfield during last weekend\u2019s draw with Chelsea was the latest clear sign of discontent among the fanbase.<\/p>\n<p>Alonso\u2019s availability has made him an obvious candidate to replace Slot. The Spaniard spent five seasons with Liverpool as a player and has built a reputation as one of Europe\u2019s most impressive young coaches, having led Bayer Leverkusen to a maiden German title in 2023\/24.<\/p>\n<p>He has been out of work since leaving Real Madrid in January after less than eight months in charge.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea are exploring a deal for Alonso, who is open to a move to the Premier League. However, the iPaper are reporting that sources close to Alonso have suggested the 44-year-old wants to gauge the prospect of joining Liverpool before accepting rival offers.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, Alonso would have \u201ctaken the Chelsea job by now if Liverpool was not still in his thinking\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Read \u2013\u00a0The Premier League managerial carousel: Predicting who goes where<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>See more \u2013\u00a0The longest active unbeaten runs across Europe\u2019s top leagues<\/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 | Instagram | <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 stalling on an approach from Chelsea to become the club\u2019s next&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8308","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\/8308","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=8308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}