Chelsea boss, Xabi Alonso has responded to speculation about the club’s interest in some experienced players like Jordan Henderson and Danny Welbeck.

Chelsea are being linked with former Liverpool midfielder, Jordan Henderson and Manchester United’s former striker, Welbeck

Xabi Alonso led Chelsea to the preseason clash against Western Sydney Wanderers in Australia on Tuesday and after the game, the former Real Madrid star was asked if his dressing room needs experience, he answered, “No, I’m sure that from today until the last day of the transfer [window] there will be a lot of rumours, so to be commenting on all of them.

“It’s going to be a hard task, but for sure we need proper balance in terms of qualities, in terms of positions, in terms of balance. We want to have a complete squad and we want to make a good team. For that we have an idea, we have a plan and let’s see how we set it up until the start of the Premier League.

“Everyone has to learn, everyone. It doesn’t matter if you are young, if you are more experienced, this is what happens in the game.

“This is a quality as well that you need. You can be quick, you can be good at dribbling, but you can have this game intelligence to do the things and from everything we need to be quick because the competition is in just almost a month and we want to get ready for that. We need to manage that, that is so important in football nowadays.

Asked what his memories of playing against Welbeck during his playing days are, and for the fact that the former England star scored against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.

He added, “Many rumours at the moment, so no comment.”