{"id":667965,"date":"2026-05-14T02:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T02:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/667965\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T02:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T02:13:08","slug":"xabi-alonso-preference-clear-after-chelsea-open-new-manager-talks-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/667965\/","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\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxNbGFMZ1ZtU3ZtS05vcVRPTUlhZnNUTHV4OWtGZFhZT1hzZGdZYnFTTzh3RGdDR1EyVkJ4UXZDb2FEdm4xbGVoYXNRS3J6REdVa1pyMHhkVm5KQ2xuZXR1alpBbzZwdTdzdTU5MnJ5YnVqN3R2c0NydVZILTJvZm50SERVMEFnR3drZ2JPVEttbHpWOGI1Nk1TanFzbldLbFJW?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Is Chelsea a good fit for Xabi Alonso?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;DAZN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxQRV9zSGZpQWdvNU4wbV9tRUFYUk1NbGNOazBnTFZBMEo2NzJSSzhaNjE1N0lWajl0ZzFWR2ZBYm9mc1pBLWlHYWRPekVLREdKMHJCd2w1WUFfVm5lWnJRSjFVSHFTRjEyLVUzQXBwRWFVRlJoeWN3UzN0NEFFa0doVURDMlc4RzE3OGRid2xSSVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cNot convinced\u201d \u2013 Liverpool appear to have rejected idea of appointing top Chelsea candidate<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo Sports Canada<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxNX1pUR01OMkxBSVJOZ1BVSVBpdkZ3TDdkbnZqZ1k4TnhsQ21Id1BlbEtGblZaSUhBMnVfZ3ZDaFZ4TWZ4M0VwdGRPYXU1WDhkUzNSRGlGS0Rrd18xbDVvZ2M4Tk5OUUs3Q213dXZRc3MtZjRFUExDcjhHX01tS0lzejd2UEpJWm1ydEVJ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chelsea exploring deal to appoint Xabi Alonso as new head coach &#8211; The Athletic<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxQMFZlVzVSa2hXZWhCWmswUVhLNW1RX28zbTJOUVhGc0pDcTQ4RWpzTHByREdndE9sdWJ0UXo5RXlWNm5qNkotNF9KdXNhMFFBYm9CaTFzclN4WXhlRzRndGhpTEV3WVJQUTNUa050TXQzR1pIcUk2ZF9SUnZRWjVHZ0tjZGQ5ejd6TE1BY0F2aEdKU1pJaEFzR09oM0pnbHdpZk41WEhia3oxN19fMjFnOWRwSEktMkNuRGkxSDRhV0lCd0tx?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chelsea optimistic about luring Xabi Alonso but are also eyeing Andoni Iraola<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Xabi Alonso preference &#8216;clear&#8217; after Chelsea open new manager talks&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardIs Chelsea a good fit for Xabi&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":667966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[23970,49,48,564,561,82,121733],"class_list":["post-667965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-arne-slot","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-real-madrid","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-xabi-alonso"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}