{"id":579769,"date":"2026-05-12T12:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/579769\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T12:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:06:09","slug":"chelsea-hold-new-manager-talks-as-top-two-candidates-and-timeline-emerge-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/579769\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea hold new manager talks as top two candidates and timeline emerge &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxNZGxvUmxHZXc2ei1YeTF0b2lGX0hPMGM1TnVlOUZXWl9jU245OG40Ylhxb2RZRUxkRmhfcE5hR1dDSkxhZGc3RU1xSHE3b2gxQTJ4aFNnRlNNLWZsRHc4NGp1OWp3TnFJdkN1ekVxWkJ3bGU5YmkyVkk1RGF3UGh0ZDJ3Tjhub2FXZlBsNk55cHpuWElMMmhpcEFaeThuTGl0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chelsea hold new manager talks as top two candidates and timeline emerge<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZ0FVX3lxTE5vNV9tTzdoSGxYRGJxU1lQbm1YRThfbXVJbEI1V1pVNWVMa1djQ2pvVldzeVBZMUN1VjdQcTFsTEx2aTNJcjh5bTc1RmRoTVc2aDJKT1lKLVFleTdabGgtZDNuNXNSZ0E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chelsea contact prospective candidates in search for new head coach<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxPVzd4YmYwSUZQcHdIdlZORGJrNGZYM004bnNSQ28zbFl0WU45VTR3c1o0NXpwNGRfcERCZmdpMl9SMHU5QW0ta1N2cF96dnBEcGZlWTZ4bmhPbWlnWHNmQjVySVhVMXg2OUI5UFJWR3I5aU5MXzlXQkxxRFY5bnlXSjVwWTBraGJtS01jOWJMbklPUzVPU1JJVXdsV3VyQVFMcUdkWnFzblpPZ3dzbXktU3NnQmxaV2lHblY1Y3JHbjhvVk1S?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\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxPZkZBU0VZcVplM1djdVR2Vnpwc1BNMDVibkFnb09ES05yakx6Y3FUWEtyRGRoalhvdmlhVHoybndRZUV2Y0dGUTlrRGFLanFyN09Ha3p5OVNzNzR1RXNnSmdIam5ZUGs2OEFsOEdrbmZsSEp2bWQyWTAxeWhQWjhEenZvNXNyMlJzdUNEenNzUElCNWloeXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Xabi Alonso emerges as top target for Chelsea \u2013 and could be open to role<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea hold new manager talks as top two candidates and timeline emerge&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardChelsea contact prospective candidates in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[137252,49,50,51,47,52,48,40765],"class_list":["post-579769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-andoni-iraola","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-xabi-alonso"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}