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Chelsea owners BlueCo are \u201cgoing to tweak the system\u201d for Xabi Alonso as the former Liverpool midfielder looks set to take charge of the Blues, but Guillem Balague has claimed that the former Real Madrid boss would still love to manage at Anfield one day.<\/p>\n
Alonso is on the verge of becoming the new Chelsea manager<\/strong>despite strong links with Liverpool over the past few months.<\/p>\n Ever since the former Liverpool midfielder parted company with Real Madrid in January 2026, Alonso has been linked with the Liverpool managerial role<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Arne Slot is in charge of Liverpool<\/strong> and led the Reds to the Premier League title last season.<\/p>\n However, Liverpool are still not guaranteed a place in the Premier League top five this season.<\/p>\n Many Liverpool fans are fed up with the Dutchman and want a change, but the club\u2019s owners, Fenway Sports Group (FSG), are sticking with Slot<\/strong> as the first-team manager.<\/p>\n READ: Liverpool must sack Slot before Chelsea appoint Alonso<\/strong><\/p>\n Well-known and well-respected Spanish journalist Guillem Balague has revealed that Alonso <\/strong>has personally told him previously that he would love to manage Liverpool one day.<\/p>\n However, with Liverpool not sacking Slot, the 44-year-old is now set to take charge of Chelsea<\/strong>.<\/p>\n According to Balague, Chelsea owners, BlueCo, have decided to give Alonso \u201cmore voice\u201d, something that they have not done with recent managers.<\/p>\n Balague wrote on X <\/em>at 12:39pm on May 16: \u201cXabi Alonso had a plan when he was about to leave Real Sociedad B (Sanse).<\/p>\n \u201cGo to a top European side with ambition. Bayer Leverkusen was chosen.<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0Ten demands Xabi Alonso should make to BlueCo to accept Chelsea job<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIf it didn\u2019t work out, then go back to Real Sociedad as a first team manager. If it did, then he aim to go to Bayern Munich (which came off the list after Leverkusen won the league, it did not make sense for Xabi to aspire to join a rival of his biggest success), Real Madrid or Liverpool.<\/p>\n \u201cOnce he told me he would love to manage in Anfield but that the natural way of things would be for Steven Gerrard to go there first, and the return of the prodigal son seems far-fetched now.<\/p>\n \u201cWe know the tension at Liverpool, but also that Arne Slot will remain beyond the summer.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is easy to say, \u2018wait for that to go wrong or for it to finish naturally\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cBut football managers have to take decisions when offers arrive.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd we know that in this game, two plus two is not always four.<\/p>\n \u201cSo the very real possibility of Xabi Alonso managing Chelsea comes in that context.<\/p>\n \u201cVery rarely a manager chooses in football (Pep getting a national side at some point will happen, a dream of his, but Pep is Pep), football chooses for you, it is the game that imposes the timing.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are hearing from sources very close to the Chelsea decision makers that they are going to tweak the system to give the manager more voice.<\/p>\n \u201cThat is Xabi\u2019s first win and you are never stronger than when you are negotiating to land in a club.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Five manager comebacks we crave with Jose Mourinho on verge of Real Madrid return<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\nChelsea owners make Xabi Alonso concession<\/strong><\/h2>\n