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WHY I joined Chelsea | Xabi Alonso’s FIRST press conference

Football

Year2026

Duration15m

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New Chelsea boss Xabi Alonso holds his first press conference at Stamford Bridge and is asked about the future of Enzo Fernandez, getting the best out of Cole Palmer and what system he will look to deploy ahead of the new season. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 1:02 I’m excited at the club I’m with and the squad I have 1:30 i want to enjoy this. I want to work with the sporting directors and players. This club has great potential 2:17 for sure we need to qualify for Europe 3:13 the players want to have a good season after last year. The players are keen and the excitement is there 4:15 the players need to be hungry and passionate 5:17 I am working aligned with the sporting directors 5:47 I have spoken to Enzo Fernandez. I want to keep him at Chelsea 6:24 me being the manager instead of head coach means we work together to make decisions. Which players come in etc 7:13 the PL is the best league in the world. This is a big challenge but I’m excited 7:45 so many great managers have been here. I can see pictures of them in this room 8:15 Cole is a special talent. It’s not easy to find a player like that. He makes the right decisions and has the quality. He’s in a good mood and mindset 9:26 x is a player with great versatility, great signing 10:13 back four or five? We want to be brave and play good football 11:07 we knew the World Cup would affect preparations. I’m happy for our players that are still in the World Cup 11:35 hopefully we will have world champions coming back to cobham! 12:55 watching Spain at the World Cup reminds me of our squad in 2010. We have many reasons to be optimistic 13:40 I can see Spain winning the World Cup for sure! 14:30 we have ambitions to win a lot of games. I’m optimistic and think we can have a great season 15:30 other clubs are interested in garnacho so we will see what happens 15:50 Nico Jackson will join us in pre season @HaytersTV – Football Up Close. Visit our website: https://hayters.com/ We go behind the scenes with the biggest names in footbal