# HOW Xabi Alonso Will Transform Chelsea! 🔵 | DEEP Dive w/ Seb Stafford-Bloor

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Podcast: [Son of Chelsea](https://stenobird.com/podcast/son-of-chelsea-3371195)
Published: 2026-06-17T16:00:00+00:00
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With the Xabi Alonso era at Chelsea Football Club upon us, ahead of the 2026/27 season, we are joined by German football correspondent for The Athletic Seb Stafford-Bloor to breakdown Alonso's incredible time at Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga. Seb gives us great insight into his management style, cultural impact, tactical and player development, along with thoughts on arrival at Chelsea. Follow Seb: X: https://x.com/SebSBAthletic: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/sebastian-stafford-bloor/ SUBSCRIBE to my Substack: https://sonofchelsea.substack.com/ LISTEN to the show: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/son-of-chelsea/id1538018736 SUBSCRIBE for notifications! 🔔http://bit.ly/1TMkqH9🔔 👑 SOCIAL CHANNELS 👑 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sonofchelsea.bsky.social X: https://twitter.com/SonOfChelsea Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sonofchelsea TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sonofchelsea Listen to the SonOfChelsea Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and is a part of the Sport Social Podcast Network. EMAIL The Show: sonofchelseaofficial@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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