Ornstein latest: Chelsea want Alonso & Carrick done deal?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 13 May 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Chelsea are exploring a deal to appoint Xabi Alonso as head coach.
So could he bring calm to the chaos at Stamford Bridge?
David Ornstein is joined by Cerys Jones to discuss whether Alonso would be a success at Chelsea.
Plus, The Athletic’s Manchester United correspondent Laurie Whitwell drops in to bring us his story that Michael Carrick is line to take the United job on a permanent basis.
Host: Ayo Akinwolere
Guests: David Ornstein, Cerys Jones, Laurie Whitwell
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
Producers: Mike Stavrou, Guy Clarke, Nick Thomson
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC. |
| 0:04.7 | Welcome to the Athletic F.C podcast with me, I am Akimuelere. |
| 0:09.2 | Chelsea are exploring a deal to appoint Jabby Alonzo as head coach. |
| 0:13.8 | So could he bring calm to the chaos at Stamford Bridge? |
| 0:19.0 | All right, in with us for this one. |
| 0:20.7 | We've got David Ornstein. |
| 0:21.8 | We've also got Kerrish Jones as well. |
| 0:23.9 | Okay, David, you broke the news on The Athletic on Chelsea's interesting Jabby Alonzo. |
| 0:29.0 | Give us a little bit of insight around Chelsea's managerial search. |
| 0:32.7 | Yeah, I think no sooner had Liam Rossini departed that names were starting to float around of possible candidates |
| 0:38.1 | for the job, whether it was informed information or logic. And that would point to the likes of |
| 0:44.3 | Andonia Raola, leaving Bournemouth at the end of this season, of Oliver Glasner, leaving |
| 0:48.1 | Crystal Palace of Marco Silver, who is out of contract at Fulham at the end of this season with no news on a potential renewal. |
| 0:57.0 | Other names like Felipe Luis, formerly a Flamengo and a previous Chelsea player. |
| 1:02.7 | He's been in Europe speaking to European clubs. |
| 1:06.3 | So that was another one in the mix. |
| 1:08.0 | I think Chelsea had considered him previously for the Strasbourg job |
| 1:11.1 | when Liam Rossini left. But so too in that ether was Jabby Alonzo. Because he's available |
| 1:17.9 | and he's very high level immediately the sense that many of us got was if Chelsea could get |
| 1:23.5 | somebody like this. It would be really impressive. And if we fast forward to now, yeah, |
| 1:28.3 | now understanding is that Chelsea are exploring a deal for Jabby Alonzo. It would appear that |
| 1:34.1 | he is at the forefront of their thoughts right now. The information we have is that Jabby |
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