Xabi Alonso

[Arn]

and he turned down bid after bid for him and in the 2009 summer forced him to put in a transfer request.

The dark old days

Then we could only do businesses with clubs that owned us money because of the £30m interest

The dark old days

[Arn]

IMO we would have sold Xabi for a lot less than £30m in the 2008 summer transfer window if we would have had a manager that didn't had the guts to fight Gillett and Hicks.

[saj]

IMO we would have sold Xabi for a lot less than £30m in the 2008 summer transfer window if we would have had a manager that didn't had the guts to fight Gillett and Hicks.

£18m was the bid that Juve needed to get him or something. They couldn't be arsed going through with the transfer so Alonso stayed and had is best season

[BillobShaisley]

Would take him as part of a Suarez deal and he'd be first name on the team sheet. Would need to be on big wages, but it gives some flexibility in terms of accounting when doing a swap in terms of how much you call it (then write off each year).

Think Flamini would be a good option too to comete with lucas for that role.

So we'd have a fairly interchangeable midfield, with quality in depth. And Henderson/suso

........Gerrard / Allen
Xabi/Henderson......Lucas/Flamini

[Tee]

The Gerrard/ Allen axis....you sure about that?

[spider-neil]

The Gerrard/ Allen axis....you sure about that?

I've seen harder jelly.

[James P]

The Gerrard/ Allen axis

Sounds like a 70s prog rock group.

[fah-q]

A **** one with capes.

[James P]

A **** one with capes.

[Kenneth]

Can't access the pic

[kev776]

Great link

[James P]

Can't access the pic

Great link

Alright, alright, it's fixed now.

[Kenneth]

Worth it in the end

[kev776]

Alright, alright, it's fixed now.

What has Fatima Whitbread got to do with the thread?

[James P]

Worth it in the end

**** you very much, Operation Kenneth.