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by **Judge** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:12 am

Lee J wrote:Alonso to Arsenal? hmmmm

who told you that?

secondly, if it were true, then they can have alonso, providing we can have fabregas

by **Ben1988** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 11:33 am

the alonso to arsenal transfer talk is ballaches. he wont be sold for less than15million in my INHO, rafa has said he would look at substantial offers, we have had an offer of 14million and its been turned down...or so it says in the Alonso thread. If we were selling to a rival club they would want even more. Id rather have barry, dont get me wrong, but only if it doesnt set us back more than 4million after the sale of alonso and his departure doesnt make our rivals stronger.... I'd love to see a more flanboyent player join over barry so if buyin barry means the end of transfers then id rather keep alonso. BASICALLY Alonso can go aslong as it isnt to arsenal, is 15million, we buy barry and make some money elsewhere for silva... hows about that!

by **metalhead** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:12 pm

I dont think we will be bidding for Silva this year

Barry is our last big transfer

by **Roger Red Hat** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:20 pm

alonso to arsenal was on the bbc this morning. under the Monday transfer watch page. Top headline it was...

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is on the brink of signing Liverpool's £16m-rated midfielder Xabi Alonso. (Daily Star)

by **Redman in wales** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:37 pm

Also in the Guardian...

Arsène Wenger wants Xabi Alonso to form a Spanish midfield axis with Cesc Fábregas at Arsenal next season, provided Liverpool dramatically lower their £18m price for the marginalised playmaker.

Arsenal have made an initial approach for the 26-year-old Alonso, who has been told he can leave Anfield for the right price. His first-team prospects are threatened by the imminent arrival of Gareth Barry; Liverpool's manager, Rafael Benítez, hopes finally to complete the saga of Barry's £18m transfer from Aston Villa this week, after Martin O'Neill was forced to make a U-turn over his captain's future, and has insisted on a similar fee for Alonso as he attempts to balance the books.

Benítez's price tag, however, has deterred Arsenal from returning with a firm offer for a player they value at closer to the £10.5m Liverpool paid Real Sociedad for him four years ago. The deal will remain only a remote possibility unless Arsenal revise their stance or, despite Benítez's insistence that Alonso and Barry can operate in his already crowded central midfield, the Liverpool manager's need to raise funds forces a compromise.

"I don't think it will be easy [for him to leave]," admitted Benítez in Glasgow on Saturday. "The value of Alonso in the market will be really high. We are really pleased with him and we don't want him to go unless we get a very good price."

Liverpool had intended to sell Alonso to Juventus to finance Barry's transfer but, despite the collapse of that deal and a lack of suitors apart from Arsenal, Benítez will sign Villa's captain provided Liverpool's co-owners underwrite a loan to conclude the £18m deal. Tom Hicks and George Gillett promised the money before Villa's deadline to complete the transfer last week, only for a revised payment structure to cause Liverpool to miss the cut-off point - whereupon Villa issued a statement insisting, farcically, that the deal was off.

Liverpool's willingness to meet Villa's asking price led Barry and his agent, Alex Black, to insist again on the move on Friday morning. O'Neill and Randy Lerner, Villa's owner, then ended their resistance and put the onus back on Liverpool to come up with the package they had promised last week. "I gave it some thought and realised there is little point in pretending," said the Villa manager. "Gareth would want to join Liverpool and therefore there would be no deadline. I have agreed with Gareth now. That's it, no problem: Liverpool have all the time in the world to do it if they want to raise the money

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by **Ben1988** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:39 pm

but the thread also said as knock down price to get some cash so that we could then buy barry... rafa will not sell him for a knock down price.

by **Ben1988** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:41 pm

my comment was in response to Lee J.

thanks for the more professional back up redman in wales!

by **Roger Red Hat** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:31 pm

Ben1988 wrote:my comment was in response to Lee J.

thanks for the more professional back up redman in wales!

wtf is that supposed to mean?

by **Ben1988** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:25 pm

i was trying to explain to you in simple terms what redman said in long terms!

by **Roger Red Hat** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:59 pm

lol ok. I thought you were calling me a thick cn.t

I was just gonna jump through me monitor, travel through cyber space, pop out of ya speakers and slap ya with a wet sock.

by **The Manhattan Project** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:06 pm

Selling Alonso to a Premiership rival is a mistake IMO.

by **destro** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:14 pm

Its more important for Barry ( IF we sign him ) to hit the ground running if we sell Alonso, it just adds to more pressure for Barry especially taken in to account how popular Xabi is. Its to hard to say if it will be a good move as they are different types of player. I am suprised we would sell to a rival but if Arsenal are prepared to pay anywhere near Rafa's valuation then so be it. Either Raffa thinks Barry will improve us more than Xabi will improve Arsenal OR it comes down to who offers the most for him.

I agree though having to sell to buy is embarrassing when it is our better players and not just squad trimming

by **Kash_Mountain** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:22 pm

The Manhattan Project wrote:Selling Alonso to a Premiership rival is a mistake IMO.

Absolutely agree with Manhattan on this one. It just doen't bode well. Yes I know we need the money but selling Xabi to a rival EPL club is not in our interest.

by **Toffeehater** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:45 pm

Lee J wrote:lol ok. I thought you were calling me a thick cn.t

I was just gonna jump through me monitor, travel through cyber space, pop out of ya speakers and slap ya with a wet sock.

by **66-1112520797** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:36 am

lol ok. I thought you were calling me a thick cn.

You are.

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