Chelsea don begin search for new coach again after dem sack Liam Rosenior wey just spend four months for Stamford Bridge. The club don suffer for Premier League, dey sit for eighth position and no dey sure of European football next season unless dem win FA Cup. The Blues don chop fine from PSG for Champions League, and di matter don make di board start to look for person wey go fit bring back di glory.
According to reports from The Independent, Xavi Hernandez, di former Barcelona coach, be di main candidate wey di Chelsea dey consider. Di club like im philosophy of playing good football with possession and proactive style. Xavi don learn from im time for Camp Nou, where im win La Liga for 2023 before im leave for 2024. Im don reject some offers dey wait for big project, and Chelsea think say im fit be answer.
But Xavi no be di only option. Andoni Iraola, wey dey do well for Bournemouth, also dey for list. Di Spanish coach don impress for Premier League, but Bournemouth don already know say im no go stay next season. Marco Silva from Fulham and Xabi Alonso, wey don finish with Real Madrid, also dey for consideration. Francesco Farioli from Porto and Cesc Fabregas from Como complete di list, but Fabregas don talk say im no go leave Como dis summer.
Chelsea don get plenty wahala recently. Before dem sack Rosenior, di club collect fine of about 11.5 million euros for financial offences from 2011 to 2018 under Roman Abramovich. Dem also get one-year transfer ban. Some stars like Cole Palmer and Enzo Fernandez don start to lose faith for di project. Di club need coach wey go fit handle pressure and take di team back to top six.
Jordi Cruyff wey just join as technical director, dem don link am with Xavi for Ajax, but Cruyff don deny say dem talk about dat. Di search continues as Chelsea dey try find di right man to lead dem into next chapter.
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