Xabi Alonso agrees to become Chelsea manager on four‑year deal

A total agreement has been reached for Xabi Alonso to become the new Chelsea manager. Alonso, 44, visited London early last week and has accepted the opportunity. More from @david-ornstein.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/727...

🚨 BREAKING: Xabi Alonso has accepted to become Chelsea next manager, HERE WE GO! 🔵🔜 The agreement is set to be completed. #CFC prepare official announcement for the upcoming days, but Xabi said YES. 💣

Mohamed Salah is out here trying to get Arne Slot fired and here Xabi Alonso is trading the mess at Real Madrid for the mess at Chelsea

🚨 More on Xabi Alonso's Chelsea appointment. Agreement in place. Former Leverkusen and Real Madrid verbally boss agreed to the role before the FA Cup Final. Terms in place on a four-year contract. Announcement expected within 24 hours, likely on Monday. #LFC never made an approach.🔵

I have questions, Xabi Alonso. The first of which is what have they promised you is changing from here on?

xabi alonso accepting a job with the chelsea owners is all the proof you need that he's not very bright

Dad was very close to Xabi Alonso when at LFC. For years after he left, Xabi'd fly Dad to a game wherever he was playing. Think Norm was in more of Xabi's wedding photos than Xabi was. He reached out to say what a great man Dad was when he passed. Going to be weird having a likeable Chelsea boss.

Letting Xabi Alonso go to Chelsea given our current situation is genuinely unforgivable. #LFC #LiverpoolFC

🚨Chelsea are in advanced talks to appoint Xabi Alonso as their next manager. It's not done but could happen in the next few days should all go to plan. Optimism from all parties involved. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Xabi Alonso going to Chelsea is a wildly bad choice. Unless he can find a way to bully the Chelsea hierarchy into submission it'll surely just go the way of Maresca (or his time at Madrid maybe?)

so Xabi Alonso is going to chelsea. He goes from a team where players didn’t listen to him (Madrid) to a team where the ownership feels they know everything and will tell him what to do. don’t really get it, but maybe he didn’t receive assurances from Liverpool that they’d sack Slot.

I am so confused as to why Xabi Alonso thinks it's a good idea to take the Chelsea job, and even more confused as to what the hurry is, why he doesn't give it a couple of weeks to see if other opportunities emerge.

Xabi Alonso taking Chelsea job then. How disappointing. Thought he’d make a better choice than that for his next role.. #LUFC

Congratulations on Xabi Alonso becoming Tottenham manager in 18 months time

We're seriously going to just watch Chelsea sign Xabi Alonso