{"id":1168963,"date":"2026-08-25T18:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T18:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1168963\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T18:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T18:26:17","slug":"chelsea-offer-thrilling-glimpse-of-xabi-alonso-future-as-ideal-blueprint-revealed-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1168963\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea offer thrilling glimpse of Xabi Alonso future as ideal blueprint revealed &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxNZnFSTmlUZENPYVNicGV3Qm1vOHFMaFlnY2hkWUZXU0J4ZUNkSFluZmkyN0EzZnhpVTQzUlJkcGdKOG5rdHF4aXR3Z1pBaF9LTURiRkFzekxld1FHVERFY3Uyd2liOEVWU0Eza2NVbEY5Q3kteXZCU1FmTnZMMGJQYUdxQUxYWUpZaXlSdnhHamgtRE1icWZ0cjdmRXdJOU0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chelsea offer thrilling glimpse of Xabi Alonso future as ideal blueprint revealed<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZ0FVX3lxTE10UUhQLUtSUUhRVVIzbUxmUTVJeG81U1dSWDd5ZkdsWnpkUjZFeDI0TXhDeEd0SFpPelNRX2JFSURqUkpRUUhxY2xqVGxvaW1oZmU3UVFSTXhMOVJDa2dzNnBqS2pzWWs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cole Palmer &amp; Morgan Rogers shine in Chelsea win but Robert Sanchez struggles<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxOQUdjaDNuT0l6SkVMX2UyRlczU1FiSkRoaTd5SFI3VTg1bktSZVpUUmx4YXp3eUcyVEU5QWp1QXBuS3hBSDRqZHVIb0dhMWlFdTgtbGhwTllHNkQtTWpPbF96ZHREcmdWTElBT19jekhXU1JoUHZDS1dOM1NFZHFwOVdRQ25tYXh6MzU3c0lVQ1NaejRq?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Glaring weakness in goal remains but early signs Xabi Alonso\u2019s Chelsea should be fun | Jonathan Wilson<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxPeDJfVVJMWGZ2Mzh3Q3VuM2cxYXkzSTVRZUxOT2VQMVB2M0tfSGw0QTNyOVRENVhKMlZRc01OanZFUTZkdjNJZ0NNQmVFMllwc0kzSDJvQlV1eUJMMGtvRHVmRUpicE9sZ2ZKa0VoZnBzSmQ4aVFSaGN0X3N6bzNmcGY5NWtqOTZ6S0JxOTAwR0FiMzU4R0xhNXk3UXhnZC1zTlBEUE1LbDBfWW9vdkVBQ05pTTZVMmFLOTFDVEs2blRCMVFn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Xabi Alonso brings real promise but Chelsea still have one glaring problem to solve<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxPa0Izd1BtQUFRVTV1TXV0emtoQ3NwQkQzc3EzUm5tX1EtQzY1UGpzSWVub2JhaC1vdEJYMmk5YTFQejBoNUZMMTNGdnpxWXl0U01IcUhWQ2ZDNU9UdS1OdVF6N0lFQXAtS3JKRVJvaURIcUs2cUc5cGhZSUVmMlh4TlRXS3ltX2daTTlrSUZuUUJXRkhSb3B0N3BZUFFBb2V0Umw3Mw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chelsea mailbag: How will Alonso use James? What would Boehly leaving mean? Plus: transfers shift<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea offer thrilling glimpse of Xabi Alonso future as ideal blueprint revealed&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard Cole Palmer &amp; Morgan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1168964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[10],"tags":[1172,11450,9164,79,16,15,19715],"class_list":["post-1168963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cole-palmer","tag-joao-pedro","tag-morgan-rogers","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-xabi-alonso"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117157559434351869","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1168963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1168964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1168963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1168963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1168963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}