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Transfers - Your view: Alonso a big miss?

Eurosport - Wed, 01 Jul 11:28:00 2009

Xabi Alonso has again refused to rule out a move to Real Madrid, meaning Liverpool fans may soon have to get used to life without the talented midfielder.

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Should Alonso go, how badly will he be missed?

Such was his excellent form last season, there is no doubt his absence would be keenly felt - even more keenly should midfielder partner Javier Mascherano also leave Anfield for Spain.

A fee of 65 million euros for the pair, along with Alvaro Arbeloa, has been mooted in Spain but is that enough to adequately compensate Liverpool for the loss of two of their best players?

And with last summer's main target Gareth Barry now off the market, who could be brought in to replace them?

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  1. ALONSO WOULD BE A VERY BIG MIS IN LIVERPOOLS MIDFIELD,­ I WOULD SADLY MIS HIM IF HE GOES

    From liverpool.jc92, on Sun 5 Jul 11:32PM
  2. wayne comment43 wats all this we sh,t your talkin­ about..your a retarted man u fan..mas and alonso r 2 of­ the best in the world..ye have carrick and anderson and­ flether...ha ha..ye only won so much the last few­ seasons coz of ronaldos goals ..rooney doesnt score­ enough and most of the squad is agein...wen becks left­ ye still had keane schlos giggs cole and the same wen­ eric cantona left...who have ye now ..rooney maybe..man­ u fans its all over..bye bye..enjoy the europaleague in­ 2110]2111 season

    From johnsack27, on Wed 1 Jul 4:03PM
  3. NO WE MUST THE TWO OF THEM IF ARE TO WIN ANYTHING THIS­ TIME COZ WEHAVE A VERY GOOD
    TEAM NOW SO HOLD TO THEM­ OR LOSE THE LOT
    FROM KEITH LONDON

    From keith h, on Wed 1 Jul 2:21PM
  4. Rats leaving the stinking ship/t of­ Liverfool.
    You'll­ Never W*ank Again !

    From Ian M, on Wed 1 Jul 1:21PM
  5. Rats leaving the sticking ship of Liverfool.
    You'll­ Never W*ank Again !

    From Ian M, on Wed 1 Jul 1:09PM
  6. So Real Madrid are also after Alonso and Mascerano.­ Just how many players does that club want ?. They will­ have to abandon the subs bench and form an orderly­ queue if they want to get on the pich at all.­ Ridiculous and the Spanish club need hauling over the­ coals for unsporting and ungentlemany conduct in­ approaching players behind the clubs backs ( all clubs­ ). But then they are subsidised by the Spanish­ Government and Banks, and receive the blessing of that­ one sided Board at UEFA . They must included in the­ Guiness book of records as the club with the highest­ debts in football.

    From JOHN I, on Wed 1 Jul 12:16PM
  7. don't let Alonso and Xavier to live LFC. It will be­ a diasaster.

    From shlabh, on Wed 1 Jul 11:43AM
  8. The answer to the article's question is.. he would­ definately be missed.. But i dont think he is going­ anywhere he know he is very highly valued playing along­ side gerrard and mascerano(who isnt going anywhere­ either) and has the support of his manager. Madrid nor­ Juve will get him.

    From Sean V, on Wed 1 Jul 10:52AM
  9. in my opiniuon if Alonso wanths 2 leave , then we­ should let hem leave beacause he simply said that he­ wouldnt mind going 2 Real . this means that next season­ he will not fight with all that hes got and if we­ (lfc) wanth 2 win a title after 2 decades of waiting we­ need players who wanth 2 win the leag . even though­ Alonso is one of the d best holders in the world .­ Mascherano should stay on the other hand as we will­ never find a replacment close to his high standards but­ we might find someone insted of Alonso . Alonso should­ be sold at about 30mil . sell Arbeloa as well for 13mil­ . then we should buy Snejder ( Real Madrid ) and a­ great attacker like Negrado ( Atletico Madid )

    From C.chircop, on Wed 1 Jul 10:34AM
  10. He's not going anyhwere!!!! its just papaer­ talk!!!!

    From beanie McBean, on Wed 1 Jul 10:21AM
  11. DONT GO PLEASE!!!
    it's not worth it. he's a­ good playmaker.

    From Nicole, on Wed 1 Jul 9:33AM
  12. we need him!!!!

    From ali, on Wed 1 Jul 8:53AM
  13. It seems a good offer, but theres no-one about to­ replace their two centre midfielders Alonso and­ Mascherano thats good enough anyway!

    From forestreds, on Wed 1 Jul 7:56AM
  14. I seriously think pound for pound we have the best­ spine in the EPL if not Europe, Regardless of Kaka and­ The Diver moving. It won't REALly make a difference­ as they have to settle in. And you know how long that­ fake took to settle in at manure. Whatever cash we have­ would be best spent on keeping the two key elements­ that make the Reds so feared now! If they insist on­ moving ( i wouldn't know why as they'd be bit­ players with the over abundance of talent in Spain),­ then sell them for crazy dollars. 30 million or more.­ They should cost as much as Iniesta right? I mean if­ manure can pay I believe 18mil for Valencia.... Either­ scare the buyers away or fill our booty for Rafa to go­ and get quality players. My hope is to keep them until­ at least the Jaunary window and blood our youth­ instead. Maybe we could go and buy another but after 40­ years of being a Red from Singapore. This team has the­ most potential of claiming the next decade with Rafa at­ the helm. YNMA.

    From Ron, on Wed 1 Jul 6:59AM
  15. Benitez shld stop fooling around.
    I want him to know­ dat if we will win the next premiership league, he will­ need to have two standing­ "first-eleven"!
    Since he is used to changing­ team formation in every match.
    He shld be more than­ real for next season & always listen to advice!

    From adeola j, on Wed 1 Jul 2:17AM
  16. Liverpool 4 life............
    I believe any good player­ should be allowed to move wherever he wish.......
    Dat­ is d test of a good coach! Benitez should not brace up­ & not hold any1 down rather, he shld look deeply­ into d market for better sleeky players in Spain either­ known or unknown! Players like "David­ Villa(valencia), Ikechukwu Uche(4gt where he plays for­ presently), David Silva(valencia), Andreas Iniesta­ (barca), Jossi Altidore (U.S). We also need good­ goalkeepers! Reina, is too risky for a real­ championship!
    Liverpoolfc is more than a club!

    From adeola j, on Wed 1 Jul 2:11AM
  17. if either of them get sold im gonna remove my testicles­ with a rusty blunt instrument.

    From TREVOR, on Tue 30 Jun 11:13PM
  18. I can't see him leavin his adopted home (and a nice­ one too) for a place on the Real bench. When it all­ boils down to it, if he really wants to go then let him­ say so otherwise the rumour control monsters will keep­ this going on and on ffs.

    From AndyC, on Tue 30 Jun 10:58PM
  19. It wouldn't make any sense to dismantle a central­ midfield pairing that is working and I doubt we could­ get adequate replacements no matter what money we get­ for them. We need to keep the squad intact with just a­ few additions, remember that Rafa didn't use all of­ the (small) transfer budget on the Johnston deal, so he­ could probably make one more signing this summer before­ needing to sell anyone.

    From Martin, on Tue 30 Jun 10:24PM
  20. no fu*king way can mascherano or xabi go 2 spain, they­ are the best 2 holding players in d world,give the 2 of­ them new 5 year deals on 100k a week; cause if any­ player is worth that type of money its XABI and MASCH..

    From ian.mitchell74, on Tue 30 Jun 8:15PM
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