How about this whopper
Guillem Balague
Xabi Alonso and Gareth Barry back on the agenda
The site has been inundated with emails and comments from Liverpool fans over the last 24 hours, asking for clarification over Xabi Alonso´s future at Anfield and a comment on the reports of a deal involving Gareth Barry...
At this moment in time, the situation is as follows:
Florentino Perez, the clear favourite to win this summer´s presidential elections at Real Madrid, will try and sign Xabi Alonso from Liverpool. In fact, almost all of the prospective candidates are likely to include Alonso on their wanted list, as their is a growing sense amongst all associated with Real Madrid that the club needs to sign more Spanish players. And as far as Madrid are concerned, Xabi Alonso fits the bill perfectly in terms of nationality, position, quality and potential availability.
Xabi Alonso would have been sold last summer, had another club met Liverpool´s asking price of €20 million. Real Madrid will make an initial attempt to sign Alonso for that amount, but they will need to increase their bid significantly as Liverpool feel that Alonso has improved.
However, should Real Madrid offer Liverpool a fee in the region of €30 million, then Xabi Alonso will be sold: at that price, both Liverpool and the player would be happy for the deal to go ahead.
If Xabi Alonso is sold, then money would be available for Rafa Benitez to revive his attempt to sign Gareth Barry from Aston Villa. Despite recent media reports, Liverpool have not made a 9.5 million bid for the English midfielder.
Aston Villa have set a fee of around 12 million for Gareth Barry, and while at this exact moment in time there has not been a renewed attempt to sign him by Liverpool, there are no denials from Anfield that Gareth Barry remains a genuine target.
Guillem Balague
Xabi Alonso and Gareth Barry back on the agenda
The site has been inundated with emails and comments from Liverpool fans over the last 24 hours, asking for clarification over Xabi Alonso´s future at Anfield and a comment on the reports of a deal involving Gareth Barry...
At this moment in time, the situation is as follows:
Florentino Perez, the clear favourite to win this summer´s presidential elections at Real Madrid, will try and sign Xabi Alonso from Liverpool. In fact, almost all of the prospective candidates are likely to include Alonso on their wanted list, as their is a growing sense amongst all associated with Real Madrid that the club needs to sign more Spanish players. And as far as Madrid are concerned, Xabi Alonso fits the bill perfectly in terms of nationality, position, quality and potential availability.
Xabi Alonso would have been sold last summer, had another club met Liverpool´s asking price of €20 million. Real Madrid will make an initial attempt to sign Alonso for that amount, but they will need to increase their bid significantly as Liverpool feel that Alonso has improved.
However, should Real Madrid offer Liverpool a fee in the region of €30 million, then Xabi Alonso will be sold: at that price, both Liverpool and the player would be happy for the deal to go ahead.
If Xabi Alonso is sold, then money would be available for Rafa Benitez to revive his attempt to sign Gareth Barry from Aston Villa. Despite recent media reports, Liverpool have not made a 9.5 million bid for the English midfielder.
Aston Villa have set a fee of around 12 million for Gareth Barry, and while at this exact moment in time there has not been a renewed attempt to sign him by Liverpool, there are no denials from Anfield that Gareth Barry remains a genuine target.
Hard not to consider that.
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