They’re the only club outside Manchester with five titles in the Premier League era and more, much more than this, they did it their way. Equally, it’s now 10 seasons since the Blues won the league and that barely tells the story of the intervening years. If pendulous progress is The New Chelsea Way, freshly appointed manager Xabi Alonso could be about to oversee a lurch for the better. He’d never scored more goals in a single Premier League campaign and made more appearances in 2025-26 than ever before. Danny Welbeck has swapped the south coast for west London (Image credit: Getty Images)Alonso has a team with ability and balance.