EPL: What Alonso said after becoming Chelsea’s new manager

New Chelsea manager, Xabi Alonso, has expressed happiness aft helium was appointed arsenic the club’s caller manager.

Chelsea officially confirmed Alonso arsenic the Blues’ caller manager on Sunday morning.

The erstwhile Real Madrid manager volition statesman his relation on July 1, 2026, having agreed a four‑year declaration astatine Stamford Bridge.

Reacting, the Spaniard told the club’s website that helium wants to physique a squad susceptible of winning trophies.

“Chelsea is 1 of the biggest clubs successful satellite football, and it fills maine with immense pridefulness to go manager of this large club,” Alonso said.

“From my conversations with the ownership radical and sporting leadership, it is wide we stock the aforesaid ambition. We privation to physique a squad susceptible of competing consistently astatine the highest level and warring for trophies.”

EPL: What Alonso said aft becoming Chelsea’s caller manager