EPL: Alonso makes final decision on joining Chelsea after FA Cup defeat

Former Liverpool midfielder, Xabi Alonso has reportedly reached a preliminary statement to go Chelsea’s adjacent manager.

Chelsea has been connected the lookout for a imperishable manager pursuing the determination to disregard Liam Rosenior successful April.

Calum McFarlane is presently serving arsenic Chelsea’s interim caput manager until the decision of the play and was contiguous successful the dugout during the team’s 1-0 nonaccomplishment to Manchester City successful the FA Cup last on Saturday.

The Chelsea absorption has evaluated respective managerial candidates, including Andoni Iraola, Marco Silva and Oliver Glasner.

However, aft conducting archetypal discussions with Alonso this month, RMC Sport reports that Chelsea has present reached a preliminary statement for the Spaniard to presume the managerial presumption this summer.

The study further indicates that Alonso volition beryllium offered a declaration lasting astatine slightest 2 years, and Chelsea’s absorption volition licence the 44-year-old to play an progressive relation successful the summertime transportation window.

Alonso has been unemployed since his dismissal by Real Madrid successful January, aft a tenure of 233 days.

Prior to his instrumentality to Real Madrid arsenic manager, Alonso had a highly palmy play astatine Bayer Leverkusen, wherever helium led the German nine to a home treble successful 2024, arsenic good arsenic to the Europa League final, wherever they were defeated by Atalanta.

Alonso has besides been rumored to beryllium mak...