Xabi Alonso

30 articles tagged with "Xabi Alonso"

Sep 19, 2026

Brentford beat Chelsea at home for the first time since 1938, and they still have not lost this season

Jaidon Anthony, Igor Thiago and Fábio Carvalho scored in the last half hour at the Gtech. Brentford are third and unbeaten, Chelsea seventh and winles...

Sep 18, 2026

Brentford have not lost this season, and Chelsea arrive at the Gtech with nine goals conceded and new owners

Brentford are unbeaten after four games but have drawn the last three. Chelsea have conceded more than anyone else in the top seven, and Friday is the...

Sep 17, 2026

Todd Boehly has left Chelsea, and the deal that removed him values the club at 5 billion pounds

Four years after fronting the takeover, Todd Boehly has sold his stake and given up the chairmanship. Clearlake Capital paid him and Mark Walter 950 m...

Sep 12, 2026

Chelsea’s 117 million pound signing scored in the seventh minute, and Hull still left Stamford Bridge with a point

Hull City had not conceded a Premier League goal all season before Saturday afternoon. They conceded two at Stamford Bridge, scored two through Mohame...

Sep 7, 2026

Arsenal conceded after 77 seconds, and it is still the only goal they have let in

Morgan Rogers put Chelsea ahead inside two minutes at the Emirates. Kai Havertz and Martin Odegaard turned it round, and Arsenal are three wins from t...

Sep 4, 2026

Chelsea moved on 39 players this summer, and 22 of them are still theirs

Seventeen sold, 22 loaned out and more than £500m recouped by the club’s own count. The loans are the part that comes back next summer.

Sep 4, 2026

Arsenal have not conceded a goal, and Chelsea have conceded five

Arsenal and Chelsea both go into Sunday’s Emirates meeting on six points from two games. Arsenal have faced one shot on target all season. Chelsea hav...

Aug 30, 2026

Chelsea had a quarter of the ball at Stamford Bridge and still won 4-3

Brighton completed 549 passes to Chelsea’s 146 and lost a seven-goal game. Xabi Alonso has two wins from two and five goals conceded.

Aug 28, 2026

Chelsea have spent all summer buying, and the £7.5m goalkeeper might be the important one

Chelsea agreed a deal for Emiliano Martinez on 27 August, five days before the window shuts. It is the cheapest signing of their summer and it says th...

Aug 26, 2026

Chelsea have spent 408 million euros on 11 players, and two of them are 35 and 36

Morgan Rogers cost 138 million euros on his own. Jordan Henderson arrived on a free at 36, and no club in world football has spent more this summer th...

Aug 26, 2026

Manchester City have sold three midfielders this summer, and now have six days to sign Enzo Fernandez

Manchester City let Chelsea’s £120 million deadline for Enzo Fernandez pass twelve days ago. Fabrizio Romano says a formal bid is coming before the wi...

Aug 25, 2026

Delap has one Premier League goal in 28 games, and Forest want him before the window shuts

Nottingham Forest are in talks with Chelsea over Liam Delap, a striker who cost £30m last year and is now priced above £50m while training away from t...

Aug 25, 2026

Sanchez let in a near-post shot and spilled another, and Chelsea still won Xabi Alonso’s first game

Joao Pedro scored after 31 seconds at Craven Cottage, the fastest opening-matchweek goal the Premier League has had. Chelsea won 3-2, and both of Fulh...

Aug 24, 2026

Arbeloa took Xabi Alonso’s job in January, and his first Premier League game is against him

Fulham host Chelsea at Craven Cottage on Monday night, 12.30am Tuesday in India, to close the opening weekend. Alvaro Arbeloa replaced Xabi Alonso at...

Aug 20, 2026

Nine Premier League clubs start with a new manager, and the last time it was this many was 1946-47

Maresca, Iraola, Alonso, Arbeloa, Sage, Rose, Glasner, Jaissle and O’Neil all take charge of their first league game this weekend. Opta say no top-fli...

Aug 12, 2026

Chelsea’s new left-back was in Spain’s fourth tier at 18, and in a European final in May

Pep Chavarria joins from Rayo Vallecano on a contract to 2031, with Sky Sports reporting an initial fee of £16.3m, and takes the left-back spot Marc C...

Aug 5, 2026

Chelsea have six strikers and want three, and Nicolas Jackson is the expensive one

Unai Emery gave him his debut at Villarreal and Aston Villa want him now. Chelsea’s asking price is the only thing in the way, and Tottenham’s reporte...

Aug 4, 2026

Chelsea sign Jordan Henderson on a free, the eighth arrival of Xabi Alonso’s first summer

Jordan Henderson has signed a two-year deal at Stamford Bridge after leaving Brentford as a free agent. At 36, he is the second player over 35 Chelsea...

Jul 28, 2026

Chelsea chasing Welbeck and Henderson is the clearest sign yet that BlueCo has changed its mind

Positive talks for a 35-year-old striker and interest in a 36-year-old midfielder do not look like anything Chelsea have done in four years. That is e...

Jul 25, 2026

Chelsea agree a £52m deal for Crystal Palace’s Maxence Lacroix

The France centre-back went for a medical in London on 24 July with a contract understood to run to 2032, and Palace bank roughly three times what the...

Jul 19, 2026

Chelsea agree a club-record deal to sign Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa

Chelsea have agreed a club-record fee to sign England forward Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa, seeing off Arsenal for one of the summer’s most sought-a...

Jul 11, 2026

Roma turn to Garnacho as Chelsea weigh his future after a tough debut season

Alejandro Garnacho could be on the move again after a disappointing first season at Chelsea, with Roma keen, though the two clubs disagree over whethe...

Jun 26, 2026

Chelsea beat Inter to Marco Palestra as Alonso lands an early signing

Chelsea have agreed a deal for Atalanta’s Marco Palestra, beating Inter Milan to the 21-year-old wing-back and handing incoming manager Xabi Alonso an...

Jun 5, 2026

Guardiola gone and Slot sacked: the Premier League’s dugout reset has no recent parallel

Pep Guardiola is leaving Manchester City, Arne Slot has been sacked a year after winning the title, and the clubs chasing champions Arsenal are nearly...