Jamie Carragher has revealed that he has been in contact with Xavi Alonso and has given his former team-mate his best wishes for his new journey at Chelsea. He sincerely hopes Alonso will succeed at Stamford Bridge.
Carragher, a famous Liverpool player who has played 199 times with Alonso, declared in an interview with Sky Sports, "I think this is a great signing for Chelsea. When you look at the choices faced by many teams looking for a coach, I think there are very few people who can be better than Xavi Alonso. He has a brilliant playing career, and his coaching career so far is equally exciting."
If Chelsea can sign him, it will be regarded as an extremely remarkable feat. However, is this a very clever move for Alonso himself? It’s really hard for me to say, after all, in the past three or four years, it seems that no Chelsea coach’s coaching experience can be regarded as a true success.
Is it because of the management factors above them that no one can really follow up and succeed? I am definitely aware that there is a lot of discussion around his title. What he has is not the title of "head coach", but "manager".
At this moment, I don’t know whether this title difference will have any substantive impact, and let’s wait and see what happens next. This is probably the first time in my life that I sincerely hope that Chelsea can do well because my good mates are involved in it. I have never felt this way before.
Therefore, it is expected that Alonso can lead Chelsea to achieve excellent results next season. No, I didn't have much communication with him, other than a quick "good luck" after he got the job and would be a key part of our coverage next season.
Chelsea are among the top clubs in England, so I'm pretty sure I'll be seeing them frequently on Monday Night Football next season.