Next Chelsea manager: BlueCo 'making checks' on continental-trophy-winning duo amid shortlist talk

Chelsea are allegedly 'making checks' connected Oliver Glasner and Filipe Luis arsenic they proceed to see candidates for the caput manager relation astatine Stamford Bridge.

The Blues are presently preparing for Saturday's FA Cup last against Manchester City and a concluding Premier League double-header that volition find whether they play European shot adjacent season.

Away from the pitch, however, BlueCo person begun the hunt for a imperishable successor to Liam Rosenior, who was sacked past month.

On Monday, a study emerged that a six-strong shortlist had been compiled by the Chelsea hierarchy.

According to a caller study successful The Telegraph, Glasner and Luis are among the candidates for the vacant position.

Chelsea considering Glasner, Luis

The study claims that Chelsea chiefs person been 'making checks' connected Crystal Palace brag Glasner and erstwhile Flamengo manager Luis.

Both men person won continental trophies successful the past, Glasner lifting the Europa League trophy with Eintracht Frankfurt successful 2022 and Luis the Copa Libertadores successful 2025.

Chelsea are said to beryllium anxious to name a caput manager with top-level experience, their penchant believed to beryllium idiosyncratic with know-how of the Premier League.

Glasner has a grounds of 31 wins, 28 draws and 27 defeats from his 86 matches arsenic caput manager of Crystal Palace.

Meanwhile, Luis is simply a erstwhile Chelsea player, making 26 appearances during 2014-15 and contributing to the club's Premier League rubric occurrence during that campaign.

Glasner, Luis ones to ticker with Chelsea

When the likes of Xabi Alonso and Cesc Fabregas are being mentioned, the assignment of Glasner oregon Luis would beryllium viewed arsenic a comedown successful the eyes of supporters.

Nevertheless, some are realistic candidates for the Chelsea job, peculiarly Luis who was of involvement to BlueCo erstwhile they wanted to regenerate Rosenior astatine Strasbourg successful January.

There volition beryllium those among Chelsea's fanbase that would beryllium against Glasner's appointment, yet the 51-year-old has a proven grounds of delivering trophies.

If Palace bushed Rayo Vallecano successful the Conference League final, the Austrian volition person won 2 European trophies and an FA Cup successful the abstraction of 4 years.