{"id":581734,"date":"2026-05-13T13:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/581734\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T13:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:16:08","slug":"xabi-alonso-preference-clear-after-chelsea-open-new-manager-talks-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/581734\/","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\/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<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxNRUptTVRfVXc5M3RRNERaSHBkOVJFWG8xbHNJNG9laUZoakZiMjBoLTEyZjl4Rkpfb2dWMXdqVlRoR3ZQa1phZkMxdFpZWUZHWjFsdHZkWlQtNHhuYndSWEw4RFpjUzRUMkNwNEVBSmhWSHV2R19uMl9odlBSZVdTMXJOTkUxVVppVWdjRFZJb2djRHY2RVVlRGs4UGMtTGJJRDBPMGZzSVVzS0Z0OGhiU0szVU5TZ1RGd3MwY2d3VGk3UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Xabi Alonso: Chelsea hold talks with Spaniard over head coach job<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxNS2NkYTYtYTVYNjZWN1c0S29uQjNFeUNOTWR3aEhyd3hmR0lDLU1WSTF6Um1HWWVGck5SVmVTRTV0SmNxU0dGWmlXbXIyNHFDVU1yTG9jM2dWbjlXMGNXejQtSk1aTnhsdFJJY2UzNzRfdk1Gb1hwNUdMdUNYLW9nSWs0c3EyRV9kS1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sources: Chelsea still working to convince main manager target<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Si Phillips Talks Chelsea<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":"Xabi Alonso preference &#8216;clear&#8217; after Chelsea open new manager talks&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardChelsea optimistic about luring Xabi Alonso but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1969,218,1705,101,56,54,55,40765],"class_list":["post-581734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-arne-slot","tag-football","tag-real-madrid","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-xabi-alonso"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581734","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=581734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}