Join Chelsea or wait for 'dream' Liverpool job? Alonso's big dilemma
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Xabi Alonso has a big decision to make if he is offered the Chelsea job.Managing Chelsea is still an attractive option for leading managers, but they are also aware that other jobs will be available this summer. Merson: Chelsea are in a mess - who would want the job?Chelsea 1-3 Nottm Forest - Report and highlightsChelsea news & transfers🔵 | FREE Chelsea highlights▶️He wants to manage in the Premier League and - despite what you have heard or read - he would take the Chelsea job in the right circumstances.Liverpool fans are becoming increasingly frustrated with Arne Slot after a difficult and underwhelming season.
They want to take their time before making an appointment and the new man must be someone experienced and someone with a proven record of success at the highest level of the game.Alonso is the outstanding candidate at the moment based on that criteria, but Chelsea are also considering candidates whose names are not in the public domain.The other candidates Sky Sports News know Chelsea are interested in are Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola and Fulham head coach Marco Silva.Meanwhile, Crystal Palace's Oliver Glasner, Como's Cesc Fabregas and ex-Flamengo boss Felipe Luis are other names being considered.Carra: More difficult for Alonso to manage Liverpool if he joins Chelsea Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Jamie Carragher reacts to Xabi Alonso to Chelsea links, saying that if Liverpool were interested in a new manager he would choose to join them. When you manage one of Liverpool's rivals, which Chelsea are, it makes it a little bit more difficult."I don't see how you go from Chelsea to Liverpool, maybe a little bit down the road.
But he has to do what's best for him right now."There will be Liverpool supporters looking at the situation and saying he's the one they want. That's a fear with Liverpool supporters, but it looks from what we're hearing that Arne Slot will be given another opportunity next season."But there will be a feeling from a lot of Liverpool fans that Alonso is there, and if they wanted him he would come."But it seems the club have made the decision on Slot, and it says a lot that Alonso is having talks with Chelsea because I think if he had an inkling that there might be a managerial change at Liverpool, I think he'd go there."