{"id":669684,"date":"2026-05-14T04:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/669684\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T04:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:41:08","slug":"xabi-alonso-preference-clear-after-chelsea-open-new-manager-talks-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/669684\/","title":{"rendered":"Xabi Alonso preference &#039;clear&#039; after Chelsea open new manager talks &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxONExsbUlHRWRMaTY0SDBtSUF4eFhrUkpZdGtqb3BYOFQ3RXBpYWNQdW9RRFl6T01CRk9sQVlKQzRXZTFXMjRzNHY0SFllemhwaUx6REM1NlZwNUVmMmhuYlZuMk9hSkpocnJwcjZPdHNvWjBLN3JNZmlQV3hpczdnNDkycFVZa1lhNFhkZHZKa1lCLVBNelI3WnFkZTA3akZpOVJkbUYyTEJpbjQ1SzFhazJMcVc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Xabi Alonso preference &#8216;clear&#8217; after Chelsea open new manager talks<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixgFBVV95cUxNcFFabHZtb01RV3VkbzJiazJFczBMRUFzeHdBSHFwRHQwTWlEMUUwUnc5UnZpMWdpUmxyaUV1MEpaSTQyekpJb1JtekNoWnFzXzZhaTR3ZVhzRmtOQWNSblBWU3UxQ3dkRnVGTjJ6bmpzb3FPYUpCOHZJSDZ4SXZGdWJySXVjLWR1a2VLRlBJN0JsdVBnbkRsY3l6MXhJWW1iUXZTRVR5d1lyYVdkYU1raVJ2ZHJJTWZVQng1VjNFdzVza05qQ2c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Xabi Alonso, Andoni Iraola in frame for Chelsea job, but no preferred candidate &#8211; sources<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ESPN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi8wFBVV95cUxOdkxqOTF5cS0wVkVORGQ2ZmtaWUxBRVRpRWw1U1p2T052ckt1a0FVTkZ1Y1N6d1pEeTlldHJfUkFBTWtQYmRDYnUyVy1FTzJFSmhGWmlzMmxFMHBsNUFGQTJMTTByM3QyMFhVMGJKaW1lMkZGNDgtSkJ4Ull0M0xYVDNtT085VTRoa2FFSnVlUTRVZmJsSFpyT3pFWXF4OHhkTk9lUG5JWERLOWJqWlhYaTFtREJoZk1DM05MQ1R5VHdmRUM0aVV0OE11anlULTRyQlQ4bXlRcHR3NVEtTm9ES1hJa3ctMW5mNllpRmtCTzBHbGM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chelsea warned against Xabi Alonso appointment as ex-Blues star is highlighted as ideal coach despite &#8216;less experience&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Goal.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Xabi Alonso preference &#8216;clear&#8217; after Chelsea open new manager talks&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardXabi Alonso, Andoni Iraola in frame for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[22261,64,63,596,22455,85,146111],"class_list":["post-669684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-arne-slot","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-real-madrid","tag-sports","tag-xabi-alonso"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}