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@MaaziTim Differentiate between Xabi Alonso abd Xavi Harnandez's coaching philosophies?

🚨💥🔵 *JUST IN* : Xavi Hernández is now under consideration to become the next Chelsea manager, and it brings a completely different profile into the mix. A coach built on control, structure, and possession football. Someone who understands how to manage big clubs, big dressing rooms, and big expectations. That experience alone makes this link serious. For Chelsea FC, this would signal a clear shift in direction. Less chaos, more identity. Less guesswork, more system. It is still early… but if this moves forward, it could reshape everything about Chelsea’s next phase. 🔵🔥 — @MiguelDelaney

@citymira_ 🔪RUN 🍭🔪RUN 🍾🍬RUN

Dribbling❌ Decision-making❌ Composure❌ Creativity❌ Confidence ❌ Game intelligence (IQ)❌ What’s he actually good at??

@All4footballl Very necessary

🚨Excl:- By the end of the season some technical/sporting directors may leave Chelsea #CFC

@Tunnykvng Xabi not Xavi pls

Chelsea fans, Xavi Hernandez or Xabi Alonso?

@kofoworola__a Championship We need to relegate, Blueco needs it

Good morning Chelsea fans. Where do we go from here?

@iamlarrygee I pray we don't qualify for any European competition. Blueco needs to learn

Chelsea are on the verge of not qualifying for a European competition next season. Blueco and Liam Rosenior, are you sure it’ll be well with you like this?

@Nhational1 @AbelChrist22 The only hope in the atfack. Gone for the season

@AbelChrist22 Speedy recovery

Get well soon lad🙏

@iamlarrygee We are not qualifying, Bournemouth will. Vill will win Europa cup, and drop to 5th position in the league Ariola will then become cfc head coach. Compete at Europa league next year while the squad he built enjoys UCL football.

What are the chances we qualify for the champions league?

@Wisdom_Mode Very convinced. Look, if a coach of his philosophy handles cfc, you ll see the top stars reaching next level. Enzo will evolved Palmer will shine Estevao will rule the world. He maximizes everyone's capacity. On the other hand, Ganacho, Estevao, Caicedo will be great under Ariola

How sure are you that Xabi Alonso would succeed in Chelsea

@ChelseaNija Too early to start this rubbish. Alonso did not spend all his football career at LFC. He played for Bayern and Real Madrid. He was pationate about football everywhere he went. He can never be called LFC legend only. He is a Bayer-Real Legend too. His case is different from Terry

**🚨 Why Xabi Alonso should NEVER be allowed near Chelsea FC 🚨** Chelsea fans, before you jump on the Alonso hype train... let's talk facts. This guy played for **Liverpool** during the peak of one of the fiercest rivalries in English football. The 2005 Champions League semi-final, the battles in the league — Chelsea were the enemy. And Xabi's attitude back then? Pure disdain. He carried himself like Chelsea represented everything wrong with football at the time — the money, the arrogance, the rivalry that Liverpool fans lived and breathed. He wasn't just a player going through the motions. Watch his old interviews from his Anfield days. The way he spoke about the big games against us, the fire in his eyes when Chelsea came up... it wasn't neutral. It was personal. Search YouTube for Xabi Alonso Liverpool press conferences or post-match reactions around 2005-2009. You'll see it. Now you want to hand him the Chelsea dugout? A man whose blood runs red for Liverpool? Whose entire identity was forged in hating everything Blue? That's not a coach — that's a ticking time bomb of divided loyalties. Liverpool DNA doesn't just switch off. Ask any proper Red how they feel about ex-players managing rivals. This isn't about tactics or "project" — it's about heart. Alonso's heart was never with Chelsea and never will be. Chelsea deserves better than a Liverpool legend who couldn't hide his contempt for us on the pitch. What do you think, Blues? Am I wrong? Drop the interview links below if you've seen them too. 👇

@Natureryme1 Fact

🇪🇸 Xabi Alonso is the best option for Chelsea FC. ▪️ We have a perfect squad for he’s system of play. ▪️We don’t need a big transfer window. ▪️We only need to add experience defenders and a Left winger forward. ▪️Players like Jackson, Quenda and Emegha will play a major role.

@ChelsTransfer Ariola direct

Would not be surprised Liverpool move for Xabi Alonso, if the situation under Arne Slot worsens. IF Alonso joins Liverpool, who should Chelsea realistically target?

@CFCMJordan Put all these write ups into perspective- Enzo Maresca.

I can’t speak for others, but my reasons for not wanting Iraola have nothing to do with his tactical level. He’s a good coach. What he’s done at Bournemouth and Rayo Vallecano is impressive. But Chelsea isn’t that. This is a completely different level of pressure, expectation and environment. You’re dealing with big egos, constant scrutiny and a schedule that doesn’t stop. Three games a week, every week, with no room for error. Iraola hasn’t experienced any of that. Not as a player, not as a coach. He’s never been inside a top dressing room. He’s never won anything. He’s never managed in Europe or had to balance multiple competitions at the same time. He walks into that dressing room and there will be question marks straight away. Players wondering if he’s the one to take them where they want to go. Fans already unsure about the appointment. At a club like Chelsea, that’s dangerous. One bad result, one mistake in a big game, and it escalates quickly. We’ve just seen how that plays out. Then there’s the playing style. It’s very intense and physically demanding. Over a full season at this level — 50, 60+ games — that has to be managed properly or you run into fatigue and injuries. If he has to tone it down to make it work, then you have to ask what you’re actually bringing him in for. Can he adapt it? Maybe. But there’s no proof of it. And right now, we’re not in a position where we should be guessing. What we need is someone who walks in with instant authority. Someone the players respect immediately and believe in. Someone the fans feel confident about even when things aren’t perfect. We also need someone who can build on what’s already there instead of resetting everything again. That’s why I want Xabi Alonso. He’s spent his entire career at the very top — Liverpool, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich — under Mourinho, Ancelotti and Guardiola. He knows exactly what this level looks like. As a coach, he’s already delivered. Unbeaten Bundesliga title with Leverkusen. DFB Pokal. European final. That’s not potential — that’s proof. He's even experienced the biggest dressing room of all as manager of Real Madrid. He’s done it while implementing a clear style, developing young players and handling multiple competitions at the same time. He also has natural authority. Granit Xhaka said it — when Alonso speaks, everyone listens. That matters in a dressing room like this. As a player, he’s won everything. Champions League, World Cup, Euros, league titles. This is someone players grew up watching. So when things go wrong — and they will — he’ll get time. From the players and from the fans. And that stability is something we need right now. Every appointment is a risk. You can’t remove it, only manage it. And when you compare the two, Alonso is clearly the lower risk while still matching the level we’re trying to reach. Iraola might get there one day, but right now isn’t the moment to take that gamble.

@Blue_Footy Ariola You ll be suprised that Bournmouth will make UCL as 6th EPL team if Aston Villa win Europa though it is unlikey Villa wins Europa League. They have dropped massively in performance

Bag Xabi Alonso now before Liverpool change their mind.

@CyrilLedogo1 He is mid for the quality of players cfc ued to have but top level for the current cfc players. We have declined massively.

Would love him on the LW for the right price though, what's your thoughts blues 💙 #CFC

@KofiOnX Same here But I still want him to manage cfc later in the future

@Dcube06871398 I like him so much I don’t want him to end up like Lampard

Watched him dictate games like a conductor, passing angles nobody else even saw. If that same brain is going to be on the touchline at Chelsea, we’re about to enjoy football properly again. Confirm Alonso now

@KofiOnX You ve got a solid point here. If Fab respects himself, he should stay off cfc project

They both play a little similar to Rosenior in that, they score lots of goals, however, they also concede a lot. For that matter, they require attackers that make up for the goals conceded. I do respect the both of them and I think Alonso is more seasoned than Fabregas but for affiliations, I’ll prefer Fabregas. Also, in as much as I prefer and respect Fabregas so much, I’m scared he might reach a point where insults will be thrown at him. I don’t want him going through that. It’s difficult to choose. The board should do their thingy

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He don colonized dem 🤣🤣

@UcheSoEfficient @harkeulah @Usmanashafe Na him pikin oga. Black people dey born white kipin for here. Sometimes na the white partner get dominant gene.

@harkeulah @Usmanashafe Pikin keh, if black man born you must see the difference from skin color