The Stamford Bridge faithful catches its first glimpse of Xabi Alonso’s Chelsea on Saturday, as the Blues face Real Sociedad in their final preseason outing of the summer.
Alonso spent the first five years of his senior career with La Real before joining Liverpool in 2004, and started his coaching journey in San Sebastián with the club’s reserves. He never took the main job, though, and instead cemented himself as one of Europe’s most exciting young managers elsewhere.
