“I can guarantee” – Fabrizio Romano drops big update on Chelsea manager search | OneFootball

Amongst the latest round of Premier League games yesterday, Fabrizio Romano dropped the latest updates on Chelsea manager search.

The transfer expert was speaking in particular about the rumours surrounding former Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso and Chelsea. It certainly does seem like something is happening there, and the fact that Romano is trying to play it all down, only makes me believe that something is bubbling up there but they obviously want to try and keep it as quiet as possible.

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Of course there isn’t anything advanced on it yet, but there will certainly be talks happening as Chelsea try to convince the former Liverpool player to take the reigns at the club.

Romano on Alonso

Xabi Alonso with Real Madrid. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)

Speaking on his latest YouTube updates in quotes relayed on X, Romano said:

“I can guarantee that Liverpool this year [2026] never made any direct approach with Xabi Alonso or his agents. I can guarantee nothing is advanced or concrete on Xabi Alonso to Chelsea. Xabi Alonso is ready to restart. He is very open to opportunities around Europe if he can find the right project. There will be an end of season review at Liverpool.”

In other news today

Former Blues winger Joe Cole has suggested some pretty spicy moves from Chelsea to get their team back on track after a bad year. He did an interview with The Sun over the weekend.

Levi Colwill has spoken of his relief after making his first appearance of the season having recovered from a serious injury. He helped Chelsea get a point at Anfield yesterday.

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