Xabi Alonso | Next Ex-Chelsea Man Ager?

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Whatever happens I just hope Liverpool don't get him and keep hold of Slot.
 
Good, now he has to deal with Enzo and Garnacho
And Afrorella

What a good, humble, and nice group of players that.
 
Maluco said:
I think he will probably like the fact that they have so many young players and no real divas on massive wages.

If they agree to let him work and bring in a few experienced heads, they could have a really good thing going.
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Agree. It's a good squad that's missing some experience and a good manager. Think Alonso would command the respect of the players.
 
It'll go tits up for him at Chelsea so whatever. I'm just pleased he won't end up at Liverpool and they're more likely to stick with Slott
 
No CL football, a mess of a squad, likely limited funds to spend this summer. It must be one hell of a change in approach that they are promising Alonso if they do him.

Makes me wonder if they are more trying to appease their best players with a top name manager, rather than any genuine ripping up of the way they run the club.
 
I don’t know what Chelsea are smoking here.

There’s no point trying for Xabi because surely he’s going to Liverpool innit.
 
FriedClams said:
Based on what exactly? Total flop at Madrid in terms of being a manager off the field, will be even worse at Chelsea except with a considerably less talented squad. Sacked by October
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Based on what we're seeing this is clearly not true. They were also building a solid lead in la liga, and the egos at Chelsea are not the same as those at Madrid, if they even have any.
 
It's a no brainer for Chelsea to hire Xabi. There is a clear philosophy the man will follow, and as long as they chelsea board back him, there is no problem.

The players will love him. I know the players get a bad rep, but hiring that teenage boy as a manager really is on the board. You cannot expect a motivational speaker to connect with the players and get their respect, this was never going to happen.

I really hope Xabi goes to Chelsea. The league will be much more difficult next season.
 
FriedClams said:
Based on what exactly? Total flop at Madrid in terms of being a manager off the field, will be even worse at Chelsea except with a considerably less talented squad. Sacked by October
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Usually Chelsea seem a bit like diet Real Madrid, with the player power and short manager life expectancy, but it might be starting to change a bit under the current ownership (not necessarily for the better).

Alonso might fancy getting the load of kids that are now at Chelsea to listen to him and adopt his ideas more than the Madrid dressing room were ever going to, at least.
 
If it means Eghbali and his 5 sporting directors stop picking the team, then I'm all for it.

Poch couldn't work with BlueCo they wouldn't take any input, maybe this season is such a disaster, will change the structure?
 
How is he not going to Liverpool. Big mistake to go to Chelsea, and big mistake from Liverpool not to bin off Slot who is clearly not working for someone who seems like such an obvious fit.
 
V.O. said:
Usually Chelsea seem a bit like diet Real Madrid, with the player power and short manager life expectancy, but it might be starting to change a bit under the current ownership (not necessarily for the better).

Alonso might fancy getting the load of kids that are now at Chelsea to listen to him and adopt his ideas more than the Madrid dressing room were ever going to, at least.
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The young kids aren’t that good is the problem. Flash in the pan the lot of them
 
ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg said:
How is he not going to Liverpool. Big mistake to go to Chelsea, and big mistake from Liverpool not to bin off Slot who is clearly not working for someone who seems like such an obvious fit.
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I think Xabi Alonso to Liverpool would likely be a bad move for both parties, Liverpool are in transition and need a more expirienced manager to lead them out of it if they replace Slot.
 
C'est Moi Cantona said:
No CL football, a mess of a squad, likely limited funds to spend this summer. It must be one hell of a change in approach that they are promising Alonso if they do him.

Makes me wonder if they are more trying to appease their best players with a top name manager, rather than any genuine ripping up of the way they run the club.
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Despite everything that the owners have done wrong, there's still the nucleas of a good team there, as Maresca shown, heck even Rosenior did for a couple of months.

Tbh it makes the bad runs even more infuriating, being capable of a performance like Villa Park (4-1 flattered Villa) only to follow it up with our worst run for decades is maddening. Would have in many ways been easier to accept if we were outright shit ala Spurs.

Anustart89 said:
I don’t know what Chelsea are smoking here.

There’s no point trying for Xabi because surely he’s going to Liverpool innit.
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That's why I'm struggling to believe it despite the promising reports.

I really struggle to believe Liverpool will be so incompetent to let him pass when he's right there.

Mb194dc said:
If it means Eghbali and his 5 sporting directors stop picking the team, then I'm all for it.
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I don't really buy this tbh.

Maresca was apparently being forced to over rotate yet Rosenior came in and barely rotated atall outside of cup games vs lower league opponents. It doesn't add up.
 
RedRocket9908 said:
I think Xabi Alonso to Liverpool would likely be a bad move for both parties, Liverpool are in transition and need a more expirienced manager to lead them out of it if they replace Slot.
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Most teams are in some sort of transition. One imagines there will be some big changes at Chelsea in the summer.
 
I know managers want a job, and Chelsea is still a big name with potential, if you come in and get the right amount of influence. On the other hand, their transfer strategy is a mess, they spent loads on average players already, their top management is crazy and they will not play Europe next year.

Sometimes I feel like managers might do themselves a favor by just waiting a bit. If I was Alonso, I'd be thinking that the Liverpool job might become available pretty soon, and that does seem more attractive to me.
 
Mike Smalling said:
I know managers want a job, and Chelsea is still a big name with potential, if you come in and get the right amount of influence. On the other hand, their transfer strategy is a mess, they spent loads on average players already, their top management is crazy and they will not play Europe next year.

Sometimes I feel like managers might do themselves a favor by just waiting a bit. If I was Alonso, I'd be thinking that the Liverpool job might become available pretty soon, and that does seem more attractive to me.
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He'll have enough contacts to know whether or not Slot is getting the boot anytime soon.
 
duffer said:
He'll have enough contacts to know whether or not Slot is getting the boot anytime soon.
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Who exactly will know what the Liverpool management will do if they are 10th in October, or something like that. They probably don't even know it themselves.
 
duffer said:
He'll know if Slot is getting sacked before next season.
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Yeah, that's also not what I'm saying, and I don't think he will. I find it very likely that Slot gets sacked before the end of the year though. My point is that Alonso might be better off waiting for another opportunity than this Chelsea circus. Especially having just come out of the Madrid circus.

I basically can't understand any manager that isn't starving wanting to go to Chelsea right now.
 
Mike Smalling said:
Yeah, that's also not what I'm saying, and I don't think he will. I find it very likely that Slot gets sacked before the end of the year though. My point is that Alonso might be better off waiting for another opportunity than this Chelsea circus. Especially having just come out of the Madrid circus.

I basically can't understand any manager that isn't starving wanting to go to Chelsea right now.
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And I can't understand any manager that doesn't have a job not taking it if offered.
 
Pretty good appointment that.

Would they look to sign Xhaka on two year deal I wonder? Alonso got amazing form out of him at Leverkusen.
 
FootballHQ said:
Pretty good appointment that.

Would they look to sign Xhaka on two year deal I wonder? Alonso got amazing form out of him at Leverkusen.
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The best appointment they can make really. I don't share this threads view that he will crash and burn at all. Leverkusen were in a much much worse state when he took over
 
RedRocket9908 said:
I think Xabi Alonso to Liverpool would likely be a bad move for both parties, Liverpool are in transition and need a more expirienced manager to lead them out of it if they replace Slot.
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Feel like they'd actually be well setup to work in his 3-5-2 though if he was gonna bring that over.

He'd get the best out of Wirtz which is crucial (and Frimpong though of much lesser importance), and considering they need two wide-forwards to replace Salah and Diaz still in the summer, instead going with Isak & Ekitike in a partnership might be the easiest solution.

Factor in the club ties as well and him being one of the more highly-rated young managers in the game, seems like a no-brainer to me.
 
DannyCAFC said:
Feel like they'd actually be well setup to work in his 3-5-2 though if he was gonna bring that over.
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They dont have the CB's for it as VVD and Konate are off this summer, the Italian kid and you new kid from France wont be ready to be regular starters for a club wanting to challenge for major honours, and Joe Gomez just isnt very good
 
RedRocket9908 said:
They dont have the CB's for it as VVD and Konate are off this summer, the Italian kid and you new kid from France wont be ready to be regular starters for a club wanting to challenge for major honours, and Joe Gomez just isnt very good
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News to me on VVD - not heard anything of that nature. Would be highly surprising if they let both him and Konate leave in the same season (who to be honest I thought was leaning towards staying, only just saw the update that it seems to leaning the other way).

Jacquet/Gomez could probably fight it out for one spot. The latter is decent and fits well in a back-three but obviously fitness is a worry. Definitely an area they'd need to add numbers in but there'd be plenty of options in the summer - Romero/VDV probably both want out of Spurs, Senesi would be a good FA signing, Van Hecke seems gettable and that's just in the PL alone.
 
Just thinking a bit more about this - if he is taking the Chelsea job, then it's likely that his people spoke to Liverpool already and were told they were not interested in him.
 
ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg said:
How is he not going to Liverpool. Big mistake to go to Chelsea, and big mistake from Liverpool not to bin off Slot who is clearly not working for someone who seems like such an obvious fit.
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It's a mistake on Liverpool's part not to make an approach for sure but I don't know if it's necessarily a mistake on Alonso's part. Chelsea are a bit of a basket case but the foundations look stronger there in terms of personnel he'd inherit.

James, Cucurella, Caicedo, Enzo and Joao Pedro are a reasonable core of players to work with and he'll have the lighter schedule we've benefitted from this season to help him impose his tactical ideas. If they sign two or three good players in the right positions, they might be in business.

Liverpool recruited badly last summer and spent a lot of money doing it - now Salah, Robertson and possibly Alisson are walking out the door. That's a lot of experience to lose in one summer for not much return. Ekitike's probably out until 2027 as well, I honestly wouldn't fancy trying to turn that around.
 
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