Джейми Каррагер провёл широкое интервью с главным тренером «Челси» Хаби Альонсо. В ходе беседы Альонсо рассказал о своём назначении на пост наставника на стадионе «Стэмфорд Бридж». Тренер поделился своими целями на текущий сезон. Каррагер и Альонсо также вспомнили время, когда они вместе выступали за «Ливерпуль».
Хаби Альонсо отметил, что у него не было связи с «Челси» до назначения, но потенциал клуба мог всё изменить. "It was about the timing. For me, it was the right timing after Leverkusen. After Madrid, I had my time off and I wanted to have that good feeling, that good connection about where to go. "
Альонсо подчеркнул, что первый сезон не означает завершения процесса, и на достижение целей могут уйти годы. "I had a feeling that the very strong base of the squad was very good and with some updates, some improvements, some new signings, we could have a solid team. And that it was going to be a project. "
Тренер подчеркнул важность первого года и текущее ощущение согласованности в принятии решений. Альонсо упомянул, что он будет участвовать во многих процессах и решениях клуба. "From outside, I had the view of what I read, what I saw about the team, but then you get to know the people, you get to know their analysis, the things they have done, the things they thought could be done better, where we were and where we wanted to take the club. "
"That's basic, to take responsibility. Things after can go well or not go well because this is football, but in the end, you want to feel part of it."
Хаби Альонсо признал, что достижение целей клуба в следующем или через два года займёт время. "No, it was not a worry because I know what you need to get results, but I had the feeling we were on the same page. "
"It's just seven games, but we have a clear direction of what we want. Zero worry about this. This is football, you need to get the results. But to have the feeling we are doing things in the right way and that we have a plan is as important for me as the results."
Альонсо отметил, что первая фаза улучшений в команде прошла хорошо. Хаби Альонсо подчеркнул амбиции клуба вернуться к победам в Лиге чемпионов и Премьер-лиге. "In the medium to long-term, yes. We know that takes time and many right decisions. We won't make all the right decisions but, for me, being involved in the key decisions is as important as the rest. "
"My experience in Germany is different from my experience in Spain and now. In Germany, you work very closely with the sporting director every day. That's very different from England. "
"It was to chat about the momentum of one player or a player is in a bad mood or we have had talks. Normal things. In the end, this close relationship made us a very good tandem, and it worked really well. "
"I remember not many English players used to watch LaLiga, but you were one of the ones watching LaLiga, Barcelona and Real Madrid, of course, but Atletico, Deportivo La Coruna. "
"I learned as well that you need to earn the respect of the guys that were there. You need to have a proper impact on Stevie [Gerrard] Carra, Didi Hamann, Sami Hyypia. I knew I needed to earn my place, I need to earn my respect. "
"I remember Bolton was proper, with Sam Allardyce. Gary Speed tackled me and said 'Welcome to the Premier League!' "
"That was very important because, if not, you can struggle with the adaptation at the beginning."
"I would say the gap between the top clubs and the rest, 20 years ago, was much bigger than it is. The players are more complete. You hardly see a player that is not so fit or not so prepared physically. "
"Something has not changed: the energy that is created in the stadiums. For me, it feels the same. At the noise... we were playing against Everton and the noise and energy that was created in this stadium, that has not changed. "
"Before, you knew the top teams could play. But you knew, with the other teams, if you were going to press a little bit, even with one less player, normally they would play long and you would have to be ready. "
"The game is much more sophisticated in the way that it has developed a lot. Teams have solutions and very good patterns."
"Yes, there is a big methodology, but it has been built for 20 years. It is not something that has been built in two years. "
"Now, they have this connection. You see that they are so dominant in how they play and this has a lot to do with the work the clubs do. "
"As well, I see the English team - they are getting there. With Thomas Tuchel, they nearly got to the final, they got to the semis. This England team is getting close. You see the players and they are very good players. They need to take the next step to develop to be winning something. They are not too far."
"To reach such control in the Premier League is very difficult. I think you have to be a top, top team and top players if you are able to control the game in such a manner to be so dominant. "
"Rodri, for example, is one step ahead, one metre ahead. How? Training, habits. The same way Sergio Busquets used to do that. He was not the quickest, but he was the smartest on the pitch and that's a pattern that is repeated in Spain because of the collective purpose of the development of the team."
"Each one was really important at that stage of my career. For example, being 21/22 at Liverpool, if I had Carlo Ancelotti, it's different to when I had Ancelotti when I was 30 at Real Madrid. "
"I then went to Madrid and I was mainly with Jose Mourinho and with Ancelotti, but that's about competing, about your mentality. I was a good player, but I could get better. It was about competing, about a winning mentality, about being tougher and I got more mature in Madrid. "
"That last stage of my career in Munich made my transition to try to become a coach. I started thinking about the processes, how things happen, how you need to work and I paid a lot of attention in those years because I knew the end was getting closer and, at the end, I was going to try eventually to try to become a coach."
"With Ancelotti and with Pep. I remember my last year with Ancelotti, he invited me to do a team talk in pre-season. Pep had many midfield players where he had a good connection. For me, that was no surprise that I was so interested in the end to try to eventually become a coach."
"For me, it was more about how did I feel with a group? How did I feel talking to a group? The connection I had with the players, how I managed telling people they weren't going to play. If those decisions stress you so much, you know the job is so hard and can be so demanding. "
"I was a midfielder, so I was about control: how to control the game, how to give it more balance, how to have distances, how to not be up and down. That was how I started, but after it's about adapting to the players you have, the league where you are. "
"We changed the system, we were very compact, defending tight and very good on the counter-attack and we ended up playing the semi-finals of the Europa League and qualifying. I have ideas and what I like, but you try to adapt as well."
«Челси» занимает 4-е место в таблице АПЛ после 7 сыгранных туров. В активе «Челси» 13 очков. Хаби Альонсо возглавляет «Челси» с июля 2026 года.
