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Reports: Chelsea to hire Xabi Alonso as new head coachChelsea is set to hire Xabi Alonso as their next head coach, according to multiple reports.,He is finalizing a four-year contract and was the club's top target, per The Athletic.,Alonso was hired as the head coach of Real Madrid in 2025, but both sides mutually agreed to part ways in January. His ov...

Real Madrid parts ways with coach Xabi AlonsoReal Madrid announced Monday that Xabi Alonso has left his role as head coach "by mutual consent," with Alvaro Arbeloa promoted from the club's reserve team Castilla coach to replace him.,The news came the day after Real Madrid lost to Barcelona, 3-2, in the Supercopa de Espana final in Jeddah, Saud...

Jurgen Klopp and the importance of Now“It’ll never get better than this.”...

Julie Ertz, the USWNT’s most irreplaceable player, retires

I’m a sucker for a midfielder. Especially one like Julie Ertz. It’s not that I played there or anything. It’s just something about a player who sees all the angles on both sides of the ball before being anywhere near it that gets me, I think. Xabi Alonso is my favorite Liverpool player of all time. ...

Just two breaks are all it takes

With all apologies to Dua Lipa, it takes more than one kiss (I feel like if I met Dua Lipa I’d have an overwhelming urge to apologize for a lot of things, BUT THAT’S NOT WHY YOU CALLED). ...

Thiago just plays a different song, man

It would be near impossible to describe what Liverpool did to Manchester United on Tuesday without getting graphic, and perhaps using a squib or two. And believe me, I’ve tried, because I’m well aware the Reds may never beat their biggest rival by a combined 9-0 in two league games again, and I’m so...

Euro 2021: Can Poland rise to meet Robert Lewandowski?

No. What’re you, new? No one rises to the level of Robert Lewandowski. It’s Robert Goddamn Lewandowski. Dude just scored 40 goals in one league season, which is utterly insane. That’s after he scored 34 last year. Seventy-four motherfucking goals in two seasons in just the Bundesliga. That’s four se...

America's Shameful Youth Development Exposed When 40 Kids Lose To Xabi Alonso And Arturo Vidal

We’ve harped on this point many times before, but sometimes it takes a concise, visual representation of an issue for the masses to internalize it. This video, made during Bayern Munich’s summer U.S. tour, depicting just two men—Xabi Alonso and Arturo Vidal—running roughshod over 40 American kids sh...