New manager Xabi Alonso visited Chelsea's training ground earlier this week with his coaching staff to familiarise himself with the club's set-up.
Alonso, 44, will formally join Chelsea on 1 July but visited the base in Cobham to better understand the environment so he can hit the ground running when he begins his role.
He was joined by his coaching staff - Sebastian Parrilla, Alberto Encinas, Benat Labaien and Ismael Camenforte Lopez - to meet various departments at the club, **** s what is already in place and decide whether any adjustments are needed before his arrival.
It is already known, for example, that Alonso and his staff will work alongside former interim head coach Calum McFarlane, goalkeeping coach Ben Roberts and set-piece coach Bernardo Cueva next season. There are also established structures in place around data, medical and performance at the training ground.
It has been stressed that his visit was not related to transfer strategy.
Alonso, 44, will formally join Chelsea on 1 July but visited the base in Cobham to better understand the environment so he can hit the ground running when he begins his role.
He was joined by his coaching staff - Sebastian Parrilla, Alberto Encinas, Benat Labaien and Ismael Camenforte Lopez - to meet various departments at the club, **** s what is already in place and decide whether any adjustments are needed before his arrival.
It is already known, for example, that Alonso and his staff will work alongside former interim head coach Calum McFarlane, goalkeeping coach Ben Roberts and set-piece coach Bernardo Cueva next season. There are also established structures in place around data, medical and performance at the training ground.
It has been stressed that his visit was not related to transfer strategy.
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