{"id":663275,"date":"2026-06-28T20:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T20:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/663275\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T20:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T20:28:09","slug":"sunderland-double-down-on-xhaka-sale-stance-as-chelsea-lodge-bid-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/663275\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunderland double down on Xhaka sale stance as Chelsea lodge bid &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxONXNWeEMyLU1JeUFsUlBNN0ZNaWNIVzBUUm5za1Nuc0xLdC00cTdhRlFoSzMyYjQycUcwQUVQaFhaZjlSWGxrMF9kSnJqU0VQVkZoSmJ3b0YwWnU1MGNGR2lsR0x3UU9EZFZxTWdfMThLbWcydlhsTWVEeXRUNDloT2hfdmZTc2NGUTNxb3pwejBrQ1NhNFNKS291UUc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sunderland double down on Xhaka sale stance as Chelsea lodge bid<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiakFVX3lxTE9VamFiU1psU2hiMGM3RGwzS21ZLTAtVDJkNjR3SjRfdHZMZ0dGeTBPVXdWdk9fOTVtMkU5ME9XTzZTMnFKVjhJRFBYX1pNMFEzVFVUN3gyM2p6UXpYeTdxX3Zka2FLdXlTU3c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chelsea in talks to sign Sunderland&#8217;s Xhaka<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxOYWVoUWNPeURNYV9ObUhfc2RRWG1NSmxRTTdsdm1pYkljUDhtMnlidzNlWjItZjVZSHdRZllUVTZaYUo2REpnUUkyS2Q3QzFCN0h1ZTJPZ2k2RlVlZm50Tm9GNVVFcWQtRGVMR3BCQXBxbHlIQ0pFZkUzdXA1YnBxTDNPZl9JODA2Y1hXSm41dFllMHNjOEw4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sunderland turn down Chelsea\u2019s \u00a38m offer for Granit Xhaka, tell them he\u2019s not for sale &#8211; The Athletic<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxOdE1PZnh2Qkw0aXA1c1huZ05tbWZKQ0FYTE5xaElQYlJwYm9vcjJpZUtyT0xqWUtCTE9ocnRmQ1dUZnF0cUF0UVA2ZW4yazFkSkd5dnRkOUtOeVdBTUcwbENXTTRiWWtnWTVWMkwxdWhGRFdremlHYXVHbXJyM2gtVlk2OFV1TTYzcHBfN2VYQVJESEdmS2JtbHJtd0J6bXhZMTVTbFZqTENoOWw3c0VNckptQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chelsea interested in Granit Xhaka to reunite midfielder with Xabi Alonso<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-AFBVV95cUxPcFlkdzU1TXh3enFrbmlDRTlhRkhyY2VvMGowOURUQ3pIQlV3c21Md1Y0LW5FakplS2pFQl8tZHk1QVNIZmJUQ2Rra0l6a196RVNhVVJscHZiS0UyVkthZ2lMTEk1czQydlQzVWJhWXR4RUFUUmUzTmNPM1RwSUxZRUtpMzlmMXlsUFVXZUdFdDFQNVJGcFUyLWFVdU5taVhJeTJ5N21VQ1FRRmhuVnljNFVMZThfZ3Q3eDVfV0l6YW5FWGxFRTROZUFFVklMeXpBOG5saXI2ZnFXYndaUWpiZEg5UklScUxMOGkyOG5tM1RqWkpjaGdsTA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Granit Xhaka transfer news: Chelsea interested in signing Sunderland midfielder to reunite him with Xabi Alonso<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunderland double down on Xhaka sale stance as Chelsea lodge bid&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardChelsea in talks to sign Sunderland&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,9735,101,2873,56,54,55,6526,40765],"class_list":["post-663275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-granit-xhaka","tag-sports","tag-sunderland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-world-cup","tag-xabi-alonso"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663275","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=663275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}