Hypothetical question....

[Craig_H]

If a bid came in for Alonso of say £20m, and 3 quarters of the cash was then used to sign Tim Cahill, would you be happy with that?

[philred10]

if inter offered dacourt, ibrahimovic and £7m then id say yes. cahill is a poor mans gerrard imho, not a bad player and one who is underestimated even now.

[tomasjj]

Alonso is one of the last players I would sell in our squad.

[Morph]

If a bid came in for Alonso of say £20m, and 3 quarters of the cash was then used to sign Tim Cahill, would you be happy with that?

erm...no

Is there a method to your madness?

[Hass]

Can't stand Cahill, he's a thug.. However if you were to say we sold Alonso and got Arteta i'd be intrigued... I still think Arteta is a poor mans Shabby but he seems to have improved considerably this season

[AFII]

No. Alonso is one of the best passers in the game. Gerrard is a good player but I think that you all have seen that Alonso is the better central midfielder of them.

Cahill isn't even near Alonso's class and if we sold him then we would need to replace him anyway because Cahill is a different type of player.

[Chris]

if inter offered dacourt, ibrahimovic and £7m then id say yes. cahill is a poor mans gerrard imho, not a bad player and one who is underestimated even now.

I dont know one blue who says he can play 4 4 2 as he cant tackle (He can foul well enough though), his passing isnt very good and he isnt disciplined enough in that role. If we want to play a 4 5 1 and have a decent goalscoring midfielder behind a striker then he'd be alright, otherwise its totally and utterly pointless.

[Shaggy]

If a bid came in for Alonso of say £20m, and 3 quarters of the cash was then used to sign Tim Cahill, would you be happy with that?

Would I be happy??! I'd be absolutely ****ing sick to the pit of my stomach and totally furious.

If a bid came in for Gerrard of, say, £30m and three quarters of the cash was then used to sign Jermaine Jenas, would you be happy with that?

[Chris]

Would I be happy??! I'd be absolutely ****ing sick to the pit of my stomach and totally furious.

If a bid came in for Gerrard of, say, £30m and three quarters of the cash was then used to sign Jermaine Jenas, would you be happy with that?

Exactly, a bizarre question, a player who hasnt proven he can play 4 4 2 (Their own fans words not mine) and would we be happy with getting rid of one of the best passers in the World and signing him? Christ. A better hypothetical question would be selling Alonso for £20m and getting a top class striker while playing 4 4 2 with Momo and Gerrard, at least that could spark proper debate. This one is mental.

[Red_Polo]

If a bid came in for Alonso of say £20m, and 3 quarters of the cash was then used to sign Tim Cahill, would you be happy with that?

I'd be fuming

[tomasjj]

I'd be fuming

[Marky]

if inter offered dacourt, ibrahimovic and £7m then id say yes. cahill is a poor mans gerrard imho, not a bad player and one who is underestimated even now.

**** **** **** I HATE THEM 3 WORDS, THE VAST MAJORITY OF PLAYERS ARE A 'POOR MANS GERRARD' AREN'T THEY?
And no i wouldn't sell Alonso for £20m for 3/4's of the cash to be spent on Tim Cahill.

[kurtangle01]

I would never sell Xabi and certainly not in order to sign that **** for those pricks down the road.

[philred10]

the point of calling him a poor mans gerrard is that replacing alonso with a gerrard tpe player would be a nonsense, we have offensive midfielders but have a distinct lack of defensive midfielders and could actually do with proper back up for sissoko. perhaps i should have made myself a hypocrite and said cahill isnt lfc class

[alunevans]

If a bid came in for Alonso of say £20m, and 3 quarters of the cash was then used to sign Tim Cahill, would you be happy with that?

Sell Alonso for 20 million and buy Cahill for 15mill???? No I'd be well miffed.