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by **maguskwt** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 4:18 am

if xabi wants to go he can very well feckin go... I'm getting :censored:

off here with owen joining the mancs... he can very well go for 35 million... players come and players go but LFC goes on forever...

btw Torres is the best... I'm getting him number and name on my jersey...

by **Lando_Griffin** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 5:17 am

maguskwt wrote:if xabi wants to go he can very well feckin go... I'm getting off here with owen joining the mancs... he can very well go for 35 million... players come and players go but LFC goes on forever...

btw Torres is the best... I'm getting him number and name on my jersey...

Thanks for your input... :Oo:

by **maguskwt** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 6:24 am

Lando_Griffin wrote:
maguskwt wrote:if xabi wants to go he can very well feckin go... I'm getting off here with owen joining the mancs... he can very well go for 35 million... players come and players go but LFC goes on forever...

btw Torres is the best... I'm getting him number and name on my jersey...

Thanks for your input...

no worries... i'm always generous..

by **Fauxy** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:28 am

I think its clear he wants to go, Rafa should just tell Real Madrid that we want Negrado + £35 Million and it would be a done deal.

by **Reg** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 11:26 am

Xabi´s been all over the Italian papers this week trying to force Juve back into contention. In the eyes of the Italian press he´s already out tho to be honest apart from RM no one else seems to be in for him.

by **Bammo** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:11 pm

Is anyone in the know enough to comment on what's really happening?

This whole thing seems to have taken place in the press with barely any quotes or facts. They're even abandoning claiming "sources close to Alonso say..."

So, anyone got any real info on it?

by **tubby** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:43 pm

You are not going to hear any real info on it until he either says he is going or the club issue a statement saying they have reached an agreement for a fee. Nanny/Sabre and Alex would probably hear something though if it was concrete.

by **Alex G.** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 8:27 pm

Fauxy wrote:I think its clear he wants to go, Rafa should just tell Real Madrid that we want Negrado + £35 Million and it would be a done deal.

35 m + Negredo ¿¿ dreaming land...

by **NANNY RED** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 9:45 pm

GOOD PIECE IN TONIGHTS ECHO

Blood Red: Liverpool FC's Xabi Alonso must stop Real Madrid rumours

Jul 4 2009 by James Pearce, Liverpool Echo

XABI ALONSO'S future is threatening to overshadow Liverpool's pre-season build up for the second successive summer.

However, the circumstances now compared to a year ago are very different.

In 2008 Alonso was left feeling unwanted and let down by Rafa Benitez's willingness to sell him in order to finance the purchase of Gareth Barry.

His situation commanded sympathy from the majority of Reds fans who felt he had been unfairly treated.

Fast forward 12 months and the ongoing uncertainty over where he will be playing his football next season is all of his own making.

Real Madrid have been openly courting the midfielder but Liverpool have made it abundantly clear he is not for sale.

As for Alonso, he has repeatedly refused to come out and publicly state his own intentions.

In fact the 27-year-old has been doing so much fence sitting in recent weeks that he's in danger of getting some nasty splinters.

When pressed about his future on his return to Spain after the end of the Confederations Cup, he said: “It is always positive when various teams are said to want you because that is better than nobody being interested.

"I will be able to decide what happens next whenever it arises.

“I do not think a move to Real Madrid is impossible, but I would also have no regrets at all staying at Liverpool.

"I do miss certain things from Spain. I cannot rule out a move or even staying in the Premier League.”

A game of chess is being played out with Real, who have yet to officially submit a bid, seemingly happy to bide their time.

Benitez is loathe to lose Alonso but admits he can't keep someone who wants to be elsewhere.

If he reluctantly agrees to sell and the price is right then the Reds boss knows letting Alonso go won't be a popular decision.

And if Liverpool are going to do business, Benitez will rightly want Alonso to come out and admit he wants a transfer.

However, there appears to be little sign that the player, who has three years left on his current deal, is prepared to put his cards on the table.

Of course, there will be plenty of fans who feel Alonso is well within his rights to act like he is after the way he was treated last summer.

But that argument just doesn't add up. The reason Liverpool were willing to sell Alonso last summer was because during the 2007/8 campaign his form had dipped alarmingly.

Yes, he angered Benitez by his decision to miss the Champions League game against Inter Milan in March 2008 to attend the birth of his son.

But the decision to consider selling him wasn’t down to some petty grudge.

Alonso only played 27 out of 59 competitive matches that campaign and didn't look like the player whose slick passing had endeared him to Reds fans since his arrival in the summer of 2004.

He had lost his way and if anything last summer's saga gave him the kick up the backside he needed to get his career back on track.

His response was professional and emphatic as last season he was key to the Reds' sustained title challenge and a strong contender for the club’s Player of the Year accolade.

Losing Alonso would undoubtedly be a major blow but the most important thing now is that the issue is resolved as soon as possible.

Madrid are clearly happy for it to drag on hoping Liverpool will drop their asking price but time is not on the Reds’ side. Even if he goes for £30million, finding a replacement will be no easy task.

Alonso’s place in the club’s history books is secured and if he does want a new challenge then he should do the decent thing and come out and say so.

Another Reds player hardly covering himself in glory at the moment is Barcelona target Javier Mascherano, who has refused to distance himself with a move to Spain.

He said: "I am very proud and thankful for the interest from Barcelona and Real Madrid. It's good for me to have these two teams interested in me.”

Mascherano needs to remember two things. Who rescued him from the obscurity of West Ham Reserves two years ago? And who allowed him to fulfil his Olympic dream at a crucial stage of last season?

Loyalty might be in short supply these days but surely it’s payback time.

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by **tubby** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 11:37 pm

He is keeping stoom because he knows if Real offer Rafa something silly then he will accept. Also he doesn't want to make the mistake what Barry done ie coming out and saying to the fans I want to go only to stay. But I genuinley think he would be happy staying too.

by **Reg** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 2:27 am

FFS Rafa, give the lad a new 4 year deal and lets get on with winning the league next season. Masher can f off, he´s not in Xabi´s league.

by **Alex G.** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 2:31 am

How I hate the fuc.king journos, now talking about loyalty and just 9 months ago 17 millions for Alonso was The Deal. Hypocrites,

by **maguskwt** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 2:44 am

Reg wrote:FFS Rafa, give the lad a new 4 year deal and lets get on with winning the league next season. Masher can f off, he´s not in Xabi´s league.

yeah... this saga is really hurting rafa's plans... either xabi goes or stays... we need to prepare for the preseason...

by **aCe'** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 3:36 am

Alex G. wrote:How I hate the fuc.king journos, now talking about loyalty and just 9 months ago 17 millions for Alonso was The Deal. Hypocrites,

journos ?
you mean posters of newkit ?! surely :Oo:

by **Lando_Griffin** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 3:39 am

Alex G. wrote:How I hate the fuc.king journos, now talking about loyalty and just 9 months ago 17 millions for Alonso was The Deal. Hypocrites,

Do you have a brain?

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