{"id":717064,"date":"2026-07-29T10:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T10:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/717064\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T10:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T10:15:07","slug":"xabi-alonsos-chelsea-rebuild-how-bayer-leverkusen-glory-explains-the-plan-to-recruit-role-models-at-stamford-bridge-sky-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/717064\/","title":{"rendered":"Xabi Alonso&#039;s Chelsea rebuild: How Bayer Leverkusen glory explains the plan to recruit role models at Stamford Bridge &#8211; Sky Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxQTDZIaDEwcWowZmhTQW1mVnFaNlFIWVYtWkNoY25jVmw3OUJpMV82ODBRNEhwd3VXNE9FZnlxa29mSVl3amJfNlNoSGZZeHNkV0tmTHlXbnVFNlUzZlRUaWdidWdyZ0x1eEpXUEZFQVJWUElfdG9qa2tmMTBkLUVkUFVWakNGYVNuWUZNY3ExbjNCa083MGwzRnNvTVp4SS1VeUtLa0VvOUlKWjd2VnVxNnFRYjJIU0lZa0hjXzBWVWYtZ2IwNlJzcWV2OHVBNDBUNWJ1WDUtYXFQS3hLV2JDYVUtcnZUN3diM2NyUUdmQ1plYjdIOEt2ZTQwM3VSY1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Xabi Alonso&#8217;s Chelsea rebuild: How Bayer Leverkusen glory explains the plan to recruit role models at Stamford Bridge<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxPbVcxVDA5b1hObjhKVmFmVUJzZ1FHamJlV3c2YVdwSnlGOVNEaElnSGM0Mjh6V1hIU1JHLTlHY1RURldOYmF4TnZHc2J2SjVLaE5zZDRzM2otYVBkcUlsUHZvSEJJNlpqZXZ4ekU2MnBxcjVFdFRrekJrUmlfdm5sOG16OE84MHFFNGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chelsea transfer news: Danny Welbeck given permission to undergo medical ahead of surprise move to Stamford Bridge<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiakFVX3lxTE5JNzhMdFYzLUhlZm5mWFFibGV6dGlQblJxUjRyLW9fQmFWdThHWVc1TEtwTnF3dXZPb1V0Zy1VdUVidzF1WW5vOVBFNzBLTlB5WVdrTWp4djdfdndXNkJET25WMVZTUXowOHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chelsea transfer news: Henderson, Welbeck, Lacroix &#8211; why do Blues want older players now?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxQcmJhQUw3bjNsUWtJNWVHTVdkdXFGYzJZM3lHVkc2S0YxaWVob1hJelFyUFpXSEFvazhZS20zWFlEellVU2ZOR00xeExFTk9PS2tyRENLd0JLX1Ywdi1VZzJjLWFwUUxPd2ZzX092LTVDcFRUSkJDVV84cUdzWi05V3NxdU5nT01IWFl4V0picW5qUTZ1OTJDejNRM2t0WVdzb1h4VWg2d0s?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chelsea keen on \u2018pensioners\u2019 Jordan Henderson and Danny Welbeck<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxPRnJXMWE1NVBncGdSamNET0t1QmZiMXpCUmpEV1dOaC0yYVFqcnhRLUxxNXRqV0VuWlhUc1ZpVW1EcndtdHNsSk9XeXNwd1EzZ29zaXROVDkzODBWYndMdldVUWZjMW5XbUNoQkp6dGJ1LXppRkFVUEFaZ251U21lNzV2VWt2bVdUcmo0YV9Ccw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chelsea working to sign Jordan Henderson from Brentford &#8211; The Athletic<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Xabi Alonso&#8217;s Chelsea rebuild: How Bayer Leverkusen glory explains the plan to recruit role models at Stamford Bridge&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-717064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717064","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=717064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}