Chelsea are hoping to change their whole club culture this summer, with Xabi Alonso spearheading the change.
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Football.London‘s look back at Chelsea’s season points to many of the same disgraceful attitudes and performances from the players we’ve been calling out all year. A source has told them that new manager Xabi Alonso is seen as the perfect man to fix that.
“A culture reset is needed at Chelsea. They want Alonso to spearhead that. Back when Alonso was appointed, sources told football.london the club believe the 44-year-old is the ideal candidate to come into Cobham and build a culture,” Bobby Vincent wrote.
“Not just a team on the pitch, but a united group away from it. The club’s sporting directors believe that is a fundamental part to achieving modern-day success in football.”
Chelsea fans want to see evidence of improvement on the pitch
Well if they believe that, why didn’t they take that into consideration over the last four years, where they destroyed the existing winning culture and replaced it with a bunch of kids and mercenaries? We struggle to believe they’ve only just seen the light now.
Still, one thing they’re right about is that Alonso looks like the man to start building something. He’s got the credentials as a player and a coach, and is young and hungry. Let’s hope we give him the tools to succeed.
In other news…
Axel Disasi is set to leave Chelsea this summer and there are a number of teams interested him according to reports today.
It won’t be all sales though – Chelsea will also be buying players, and a list of potential additions has been put up already.
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