Xabi Alonso's Chelsea: Key Takeaways From Pre-Season Tour
Discover how new Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso tackled a grueling 24,000-mile pre-season tour, setting high standards and building team culture.
Chelsea have won two of their five matches so far in pre-season Chelsea's pre-season campaign was all about new manager Xabi Alonso but, in truth, the 56 hours spent travelling 24,561 miles by plane had been organised long before his appointment in May. The Blues travelled further and longer than any other Premier League club, almost twice as much as during last season's US tour under former boss Enzo Maresca, visiting Sydney, Hong Kong and Jakarta before finishing in Iskandar Puteri, Malaysia,
Originally reported by BBC Sport
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