{"id":8642,"date":"2026-05-15T08:14:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T08:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=8642"},"modified":"2026-05-15T08:14:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T08:14:24","slug":"calum-mcfarlane-press-conference-live-fa-cup-final-chelsea-injuries-and-new-manager-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=8642","title":{"rendered":"Calum McFarlane press conference LIVE &#8211; FA Cup final, Chelsea injuries and new manager search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div tabindex=\"0\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">There is plenty going on behind the scenes at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea continue their search for a new permanent head coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A six-man shortlist of Xabi Alonso, Marco Silva, Andoni Iraola, Filipe Luis, Oliver Glasner and Cesc Fabregas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Read the latest here.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-33933856\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"33933856\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Real Madrid's Spanish coach Xabi Alonso reacts during the Spanish Super Cup final football match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid at the King Abdullah Stadium in Jeddah on January 11, 2026. Real Madrid appointed Alvaro Arbeloa as new coach on January 12, 2026 after coach Xabi Alonso has left the club by mutual consent, a day after the team lost the Spanish Super Cup final against rivals Barcelona, AFP reports. (Photo by Fadel SENNA \/ AFP via Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article33933856.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_FBL-ESP-LIGA-REALMADRID.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article33933856.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_FBL-ESP-LIGA-REALMADRID.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article33933856.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_FBL-ESP-LIGA-REALMADRID.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article33933856.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_FBL-ESP-LIGA-REALMADRID.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Xabi Alonso has been strongly linked with Chelsea job\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Xabi Alonso has been strongly linked with Chelsea job<cite aria-label=\"Image: FADEL SENNA, AFP via Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: FADEL SENNA, AFP via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is plenty going on behind the scenes at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea continue their&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8642","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\/8642","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=8642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}