Arda G\u00fcler has offered a clear endorsement of Xabi Alonso as the new Chelsea manager, arguing the incoming coach\u2019s rigour and clarity could address the fractured dressing room left after the previous regime. Alonso struck a deal to become the next permanent boss at Stamford Bridge earlier this month and arrives with the task of rebuilding his reputation.<\/p>\n
G\u00fcler, a Real Madrid midfielder, described Alonso\u2019s presence in the coaching room and the way he communicates with players. \u201cWhen he calls you into his office and explains something about tactics, it\u2019s very difficult not to be convinced,\u201d G\u00fcler told TRT Spor . \u201cHe knows very well what you\u2019re capable of. He knows very well what he can contribute. In other words, he was a man who probably woke up every day thinking about how to improve this player, how to communicate with him.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore our first game, when I was in the starting XI, he told me in the morning: \u2018I want you to touch the ball more than everyone next to you.\u2019 When you hear that, it\u2019s not hard to be convinced.\u201d<\/p>\n
Those remarks speak to a manager who asks specific things of individuals and who builds authority through detailed instruction. That is a contrast with the situation at Stamford Bridge in April, when the club dismissed Liam Rosenior and reports described a wide disconnect between that manager and much of the squad. Rosenior\u2019s approach to man-management was often teased on social media and appeared not to succeed behind the scenes, leaving players and staff questioning whether his background in the lower tiers prepared him for the demands of the club.<\/p>\n
Many at Chelsea are inexperienced and the dressing room would likely respond to a higher-profile, more authoritative figure. Alonso\u2019s managerial CV contains high points and setbacks: the prestige of an unbeaten Bundesliga title with Bayer Leverkusen soured by struggles in Madrid. His playing career remains an unquestioned asset, and his arrival at Chelsea will test whether his methods can restore cohesion and performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
G\u00fcler believes Alonso’s tactical clarity and man-management offer Chelsea clear reason for optimism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[190,1383,987],"tags":[1081,1721,1722],"class_list":["post-14088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea","category-chelsea-news","category-real-madrid","tag-adaptation","tag-arda-guler","tag-manager-profile"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}