Sources in Spain suggest Perez had hoped the player would agitate for a move to weaken Liverpool's bargaining position, but aside from admitting he is "flattered" by Real's interest, Alonso's refusal to do so has left the deal at a standstill, clearly frustrating his would-be employer.
Pity. It must be very frustrating trying to sign a player with integrity.
"But the arrivals of Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo have confused some people who obviously thought that, because we said we wanted more Spanish players, they could ask for fees which don't correspond to reality.
Ahh, you must be speaking about the old "reality" that existed before you turned the transfer market on its head. Welcome to the new "reality," where Alonso is worth 30 million quid minimum. You reap what you sow, you muppets.
"A year ago, certain players we have asked about would have cost less than half the price we are being quoted now.
Well I guess you should have signed him a year ago then.
There is nothing that justifies these prices. If necessary, we will find the Spanish players we would like for the squad in our youth system."
Bueno. Good luck with that.
"We brought in a lot of players, our prime objectives, at the start and now we have the absurd number of 29 players in our squad, when we can only register 25 for the league," he said. "It has been more difficult than we expected encouraging players to look at other options. At this point, for a player to arrive, at least one would have to leave.
So, while you encourage players to act like c.unts before you sign them, you take the hump when they do so after they're on your books? Reap...sow...yadda yadda yadda.
"There is a financial element to that, but it is mainly a technical one. We cannot have so many players who would not have chance to play. It has to be one in, one out for us at the moment."
Understood. Pay us 28 million pounds for Alonso and we'll take Snejder, Negredo and Van Der Vaart off your hands. Call it a favour. Problem solved.
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house mate an see if hes there , an tell him its killin us ,make his mind up one way or the other, im goin on holiday next tuesday , an i wanna no before i go .
