In May 2025, everything looked fantastic for Real Madrid. Club’s legend Xabi Alonso came back, this time as a coach, after a successful spell in Germany, where he broke the Bayern Munich’s domination and won the title with Leverkusen. A young, modern coach with the Real DNA…what could possibly go wrong? 233 later everything went wrong and as a result, president Florentino Perez had to turn to Jose Mourinho, a man who was sacked from every club he managed since 2018 and buy him expensive players. Alonso took some time to reflect and out of the blue, signed for the Blues.Barco in the spotlight: Slapped by Jude, signed by ChelseaThe world was shocked when the (still respected) manager decided to take over one of the most unstable clubs with clearly shaky management, while his former club Liverpool just looked and did nothing. Since the Americans took over Chelsea, the club has regressed and is changing managers like socks and yet….“I had a view of Chelsea from the outside. I could see the positives, and my concerns, so I addressed them. We are taking steps together, decisions to have a good team. This is the ultimate goal. This is a team that played really well recently. The situation was not as bad as it looked at the end of last season. There is big potential. Let's see how long it takes. We are in that process. I felt that I had the chance to enjoy being a manager” said Alonso in an interview for Daily Mail.Palmer wasn't entertained: Chelsea star admits he fell asleep during England's WC thriller clashBeing the successful player for Real Madrid and then failing as a coach surely was a blow for Alonso. But he is now over it.“So, OK, I got a scar, but this heals. Now it is healed and now I am very motivated and determined to enjoy this next step, as I did when I started in Madrid. You move on. Looking back, I take the positives and the things that didn't work. I have been very critical about myself, thinking about what I could have done better, because for sure it did not go as expected. But you move on to other things” confessed the Spaniard.Mudryk is back: Chelsea winger completes comeback after doping case endsChelsea’s blueprint since Americans arrived was simple: buy young players and tie them with a seven-year deals. But Alonso changed that and signed a 35-year old Danny Welbeck while Jordan Henderson (36) is on his way to Chelsea too.“For me, you need the right balance of personalities, of maturity stages, early 20s with early 30s and in between, players in different stages of their careers,' Alonso says when asked for the ingredients to a winning culture. 'There's not a formula for that, but there is a feeling for that. If they have good qualities and good interaction between them, you create good connections and good bonds between them and that helps the team spirit. For me, this is as important as tactics. First it is the team spirit. After it is playing good football. After it is winning games” explained Alonso.##NAJAVA_MECA_9872196##
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