Chelsea funs

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Xabi Alonso will officially carry a "manager" not "head coach" title at . He will start in pre-season.

🚨BREAKING: Xabi Alonso is expected to be announced on SUNDAY and will begin his new role on JULY 1.

Alonso will work extremely closely with the sporting directors and owners including in recruitment and squad planning.

Understand Alonso believes the squad is already talented but there are areas to improve this summer.

will seek multiple starters this summer, including a new centre-back, and will consider signing Premier League ready players.

🚨 Chelsea believe their NEW project which starts this summer has to include Joao Pedro as crucial player, no intention to let him leave.

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Chelsea players believe Xabi Alonso is the ideal candidate to become their next head coach.

Talks with Alonso’s camp are moving in the right direction and the feeling in the dressing room is that he is the man to get the team back on track.

The recruitment structure is not about to change – the club have a team of five sporting directors, headed by Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart – but there is a recognition that someone of Alonso’s stature must be listened to when it comes to signings.

Steinberg