London Is Blue - Chelsea FC Podcast

On this episode of the London Is Blue podcast, hosts Dan, Nick, and guest Louis Beneventi tackle the annual "Keep, Sell, Loan" segment to address a Chelsea squad heading into what Nick describes as "complete and utter chaos" next season. While debating goalkeepers, Louis proposes a bold transfer for Manuel Neuer, arguing he is a "proven talent" and "senior figure who's won everything" needed for the dressing room. Ultimately, the hosts embrace the exercise as a "chance to play sporting director" and find "a little bit of a catharsis at the end of a really poor season"

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Created By: Dan Dormer, Nick Verlaney, and Brandon Busbee

Episode Hosted By: Dan Dormer, Nick Verlaney and Louis Beneventi

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Chelsea's season concluded with a "shambolic" 2-1 defeat to Sunderland, leaving them 10th in the table and 33 points behind rivals Arsenal. Nick and Jéss describe the squad as a "bunch of losers" lacking desire, highlighting Wesley Fofana’s second red card of the season as a symbol of the club's "discipline issue". Looking ahead, the "only thing" providing hope is the appointment of Xabi Alonso, who faces a "massive undertaking" to perform "surgery" on a bloated, underperforming squad.

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Entering the final match of the 2025/26 campaign against Sunderland, Chelsea finds themselves in a "new world" following the appointment of Xabi Alonso, a manager with a "capital M". Despite a season where things have "completely sideways," Dan and Sam analyzes that a victory could see the club "back into a Europa League position". This transition marks the "start of a 2.0 project from BlueCo," signaling a shift toward giving the manager more authority and stability as the club aims to move past its recent "trauma"

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On this episode of the London Is Blue Podcast, Nick and Matt Law discuss the landmark appointment of Xabi Alonso as Chelsea manager on a four-year contract starting July 1, 2026. The transition from "head coach" to "manager" grants Alonso a more powerful role as an equal partner to the sporting directors, a structural shift intended to kill the "excuse culture" within the dressing room. This "best in class" hire is viewed as a major coup for the ownership, signaling an end to the club's "experimental phase" in favor of proven leadership and elite standards

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On this episode of the London is Blue podcast, Dan and David Pasztor of We Aint Got No History reflect on a season they describe as an "hour of darkness" and a "defeat for the game" following Arsenal's league title win. The hosts find a major silver lining in Chelsea's 2-1 victory over Tottenham, which keeps their rivals under the threat of relegation and sets up a potential "redemption arc" for European qualification on the final day. While looking ahead to new manager Xabi Alonso as the "dawn" of a new era , the pair offers a scathing assessment of the current squad, labeling Liam Delap a "battering ram with zero brain cells" and Wesley Fofana as "one of the laziest top level defenders".

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