In the friendly matches of the first week of Xabi Alonso in Chelsea

Alonso and his wife Nagore Aranburu are in the process of finding permanent residence in London. The city itself was a big draw for a couple with teenage children who are interested in culture, film and music.

They stayed in Spain until one day before the first training session. At that time, Alonso worked remotely in the transfer business. ChelseaA five strong sports director team, He seems to have quickly built a positive relationship with Man.

Ahead of Alonso’s move to Real Madrid, it was from Spain that he spoke to Mark Cucurella, who called Enzo Fernandez to discuss his future and transfer targets. New full back Marco PalestraTo outline his project.

Alonso said. Fernandez wants to stay At his first media conference at Stamford Bridge on Monday.

In addition, he had a fact-checking mission. It was first reported by BBC Sport.Alonso and his staff visited Cobham in June before their contracts began to meet with the staff and decide how they would fit into the club’s structure.

Last Thursday, Alonso had a full day with the players but had to settle into his new office, handle in-house media duties and then lead his first training session.

Training includes a fitness test, gym work, small-sided games, finishing exercises and a mix of single and double sessions.

A number of young players including midfielders Reggie Walsh and Landon Emenalo, winger Ryan Kavuma-McQueen and defender Calvin Diakite were involved which added to the excitement of the squad.

New signings Dastan Satpayev – who had a special training session with Kairat before officially joining on his August 18th birthday – were joined by Emmanuel Imega and Giovanni Kundam. Returning loans Nicholas Jackson and Aaron Anselmino are also being evaluated.

The players participated in the Bears tryout on Monday. Cole Palmer finished second after an injury-plagued season, with teenage forward Estevao Willian third.

“He wants to be fit,” Alonso said of Palmer, who spent last season dealing with recurring pain problems.

“He wants to put the injury hurdles of last year behind him. He’s special and if he’s enjoying himself and in a good mood and spirit he can be a key player for us. So far so good.”

On Estevao: “We want to be careful with him, so far, he feels good and is a very good player.”

Alonso’s coaching staff is full of specialists. Ismael Camenforte Lopez, described as the manager’s “ball keeper” in Germany, is known for feeding balls to training matches.

Lopez is expected to play an important role early on, especially in fitness.

Assistant coach Alberto Encinas focuses on technical development, while Sebastian ‘Sebas’ Parrilla is Alonso’s right-hand man and the most experienced member of the coaching staff. Benat Labain is known for his use of drones and other technologies, combining coaching duties with a large video analysis role.

Described by his former players as still good enough to play a role, Alonso himself is very hands-on, often seen attending training sessions.

The next few weeks are already mapped out. They have friendlies against Crawley Town and Bromley on Saturday behind them before they fly out on their overseas pre-season tour next Friday.

They start in Sydney, where the Western Sydney Wanderers and TottenhamBefore traveling to Hong Kong, next to Juventus, they travel to Jakarta to face AC Milan and finally Malaysia’s Johor Darul Tazeem.

It will be a demanding journey involving significant travel and multiple time zones. However, Alonso actually helped only eight Chelsea Players took part in the World Cup and Palmer and Joao Pedro were among the notable omissions.

As such, time at Cobham could be valuable in building fitness levels, setting standards and laying the groundwork before more detailed tactical work begins on the tour.

That’s when a clearer picture of Alonso’s preferred system should emerge. He often used a back four at Real Madrid, but scored his greatest success at Bayern Munich.