Xabi Alonso - Inc. Latest Rafa Quotes

[sean_lfc]

I think it's absolutely amazing people are calling for Xabi to be sold. 'We now have Masher, he's so much better'...right then...so what if we sold Xabi (Do FORBID) and the new kid on the block Masher gets injured. Then we're pretty much ****ed. Also - as Rafa has stated - we have 4 competitions to be fighting for. Four competitions. So selling Xabi and having just Momo and Masher will do the job? Some people...deluded beyond belief.

[CJ]

Xabi was great and the future he has some games that arent to the same standard and we have a new hero momo his is great an animal his form slips so he should be sold but we have a new king the masher i think we have really good playes who between them will give us what we need over a whole seasaon but anyone of them can have a day where it doesnt go was well as the standards they set themselves

i hope they all have a future at LFC

remember the word possibilites with only stevie and masher you limit your posibilites

[Parm]

I thought it was a 50/50 tackle and the ball hit inzaghi`s arm on the way in,am i alone on this.

yup, defo hit top of arm.

[Neil Young]

I thought it was a 50/50 tackle and the ball hit inzaghi`s arm on the way in,am i alone on this.

yup, defo hit top of arm.

If the ball hit his arm then it's not handball.

Anyway, his arm was right by his side - I think ruling it out for handball would have been unfair on Milan. IMO it was probably the correct call even though it was a bit of bad luck for us, and at such a crucial time too.

[Rhys]

i can see us recieving bids for both xabi and momo this summer so rafa might have a dilema.

i think xabi should stay though, he played an ok game last night and was unlucky to give away the foul as i think kaka made a meal of it. he played no worse than any other milan midfielder, who were genrally poor last night, so you cant blame xabi for the defeat.

[slimbimjim]

FOR ****S SAKE, LOSE HAS ONE O NOT TWO.

YOU DO NOT LOSEN YOUR BELT.

Ok back to the discussion!

[Neil Young]

FOR ****S SAKE, LOSE HAS ONE O NOT TWO.

YOU DO NOT LOSEN YOUR BELT.

Ok back to the discussion!

While we're on the subject of unnecessary corrections, "f*ck's" has an apostrophe in it and the "o" should have speech marks round it.

As someone once used to say, there is always another smartarse out there.

[slimbimjim]

While we're on the subject of unnecessary corrections, "f*ck's" has an apostrophe in it and the "o" should have speech marks round it.

As someone once used to say, there is always another smartarse out there.

Damn it, I was going to put apostraphes around the "o"!!

[Neil Young]

Damn it, I was going to put apostraphes around the "o"!!

It's too late now.

[Pacman]

Alonso going no-where - Rafa

Rafa Benitez has rubbished suggestions he could be ready to offload Xabi Alonso this summer.

Alonso has been a key cog in the Liverpool machine since making the move to Anfield from Real Sociedad in 2004.

However, Benitez is planning a major overhaul of his playing staff this summer and reports have suggested the midfield schemer could be surplus to requirements.

Barcelona are admirers of Alonso and he has made it clear the Camp Nou club are close to his heart, but Benitez is not planning on allowing the Spain international to head away from Merseyside.

"He has two more years of contract and we are thinking about renewing his contract," Benitez, speaking on Sky Sports News, said of Alonso.

Benitez is set to be armed with a sizeable transfer kitty this summer, but he is still focused on handing his key men new deals and Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher are expected to agree fresh commitments in the near future.

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[brikkis]

Rafa Benitez has rubbished suggestions he could be ready to offload Xabi Alonso this summer.

Alonso has been a key cog in the Liverpool machine since making the move to Anfield from Real Sociedad in 2004.

However, Benitez is planning a major overhaul of his playing staff this summer and reports have suggested the midfield schemer could be surplus to requirements.

Barcelona are admirers of Alonso and he has made it clear the Camp Nou club are close to his heart, but Benitez is not planning on allowing the Spain international to head away from Merseyside.

"He has two more years of contract and we are thinking about renewing his contract," Benitez, speaking on Sky Sports News, said of Alonso.

Benitez is set to be armed with a sizeable transfer kitty this summer, but he is still focused on handing his key men new deals and Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher are expected to agree fresh commitments in the near future.

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Hope he isn't going anywhere but he's thinking of renewing his contract....?

[Parm]

I think it's absolutely amazing people are calling for Xabi to be sold. 'We now have Masher, he's so much better'...right then...so what if we sold Xabi (Do FORBID) and the new kid on the block Masher gets injured. Then we're pretty much ****ed. Also - as Rafa has stated - we have 4 competitions to be fighting for. Four competitions. So selling Xabi and having just Momo and Masher will do the job? Some people...deluded beyond belief.

I think we need to keep all four of them. \You do not see utd looking to sell off scholes just beacause hargreeves is on his way. Likewise at the chavs, just becasue they signed ballack and obi wan there was no talk of lampard/essien or makalele being sold. The top teams have quality through out their sides and we would weaken ourselves and strengthen a rival if we sold xabi.