Xabi Alonso is hard at work to find his next signing after Chelsea agreed to sign Marco Palestra.
Chelsea have wasted no time in getting to work for Xabi Alonso, with a full-back in Marco Palestra already agreed and plenty more targets being assessed.
Maxence Lacroix seems the most likely to be next, as some reports even state that he will join the Blues once the World Cup is over.
Other than that, there have been links to a central midfielder amid uncertainty over Enzo Fernandez’s future, which seems like it will head down a similar route to Laxroix.
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Xabi Alonso chases Granit Xhaka reunion
Chelsea are in for Granit Xhaka at the request of Xabi Alonso, who happens to be his former coach at Bayer Leverkusen.
With Luca Cerchione stating that the Blues’ first offer is £26 million.
Granit Xhaka and Xabi Alonso forged a legendary player-manager partnership at Bayer Leverkusen. The Swiss midfielder quickly became Alonso’s trusted general, anchoring the engine room during Leverkusen’s historic, undefeated domestic double-winning campaign.
Granit Xhaka has made it very clear about how he feels about Xabi Alonso, praising the way he conducts himself as a manager.
“He is not a coach that is looking out for the names or status of players, in terms of who is older or younger, or who has played more games.
“During the week, he is thinking about who deserves to play at the weekend because they are training well.
“He gives every player the chance to prove their importance to the team. I think to manage this is so difficult because you have different types of characters and nationalities, different languages. But he has this experience as a player to give confidence to everyone. That’s why we performed like this as well”.
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