The teenage summer transfer Xabi Alonso already has his sights on as new coach prepares to change Chelsea
The teenage summer transfer Xabi Alonso already has his sights on as new coach prepares to change Chelsea Xabi Alonso will already be thinking about how he’s going to get his Chelsea team playing, and there is one player being mentioned. If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content. With Xabi Alonso now confirmed as the new Chelsea manager, people are starting to work out what the Basque’s team at Stamford Bridge might look like.
Umir Irfan has just done a piece for the BBC looking at Alonso’s coaching history and what might come next. Teenager and two others could be versatile wing backs for Alonso An interesting question will be over wing backs – Alonso used them at Leverkusen but not at Madrid. Irfan speculates that the likes of Geovany Quenda, who arrives this summer from Sporting, could be used in a versatile winger/wing back role.
It’s a lot to ask from a teenager who has yet to play a Premier League minute, but if he can impress in preseason there’s certainly a role in this squad for him. Pedro Neto and Alejandro Garnacho, hard workers who sometimes lack finesse in the final third, could also be used in similar roles. We’ve seen it before – if your wingers aren’t cutting it in attack, just make them wing backs… In other news… The season is almost over and transfer talk is only going to increase from here, with talk of Atletico Madrid interest in a Blue starting today.
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