🚨 OFFICIAL: Southampton have been EXPELLED from the Championship play-offs.
Middlesbrough will now be the finalists against Hull City on Saturday at Wembley as Southampton have admitted to multiple breaches of filming other clubs’ training.
Xabi Alonso’s message to Chelsea fans: “Chelsea is one of the biggest clubs in world football and it fills me with immense pride to become manager of this great club”.
“From my conversations with the ownership group and sporting leadership, it is clear we share the same ambition. We want to build a team capable of competing consistently at the highest level and fighting for trophies.
‘There is great talent in the squad and huge potential at this football club and it will be my great honour to lead it. Now the focus is on hard work, building the right culture and winning trophies”.
So, sat surrounded by 4 yanks, all meeting for the first time
The one connection; they work for the Dodgers! You couldn’t fucking write it, unreal
I know fans who struggled get tickets today and have missed out who have been up and down the country all year
#BLUECOOUT
🚨 “I think Real Madrid being on Alonso CV would attract the Chelsea owners. I’ve said that Chelsea is still attractive, they’ve got a beautiful training ground, they get to live in London and they will be BACKED in the transfer window” (@SkyKaveh@SkySportsNews)