Xabi Alonso now knows when his first home competitive game as Chelsea manager will take place.
During his unveiling last month, Alonso said he was looking forward to making his Stamford Bridge debut, though he has had to wait a while to mark the exact date in his calendar.
“I will feel goosebumps for sure. Those days, they are special. When you are in the new home you want to perform good,” Alonso revealed.
“So that day, it will be in the Carabao or against Brighton, but you want to have that feeling from the first day and that’s marked in…
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