As Rafael Benitez downgrades his summer transfer targets, Ryan Babel has made it clear he does not want to leave Anfield while two Spanish youngsters have been linked with the club as part of a reported possible deal to take Xabi Alonso to Real Madrid.
Increased financial restraints suggest the Liverpool boss is now looking at a different level of players to bring to Merseyside. And he has also intimated Babel still has a future at Liverpool, despite claims earlier in the summer the Dutch winger would be allowed to speak to other clubs.
Babel, who now has confirmation Holland will be taking part in next summer's World Cup finals after recent qualifying results, is seemingly a player Benitez wants to retain rather than sell to raise transfer market cash.
And there are again claims from Spain that once new Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has turned his attentions from signing Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo, Alonso will once again be a target. Perez has made no secret of his desire to sign Alonso, and although he admitted such a move would be difficult, it did not stop the wily operator from naming him in his dream Real Madrid XI.
Sources in Spain are now suggesting two Real youngsters could be part of a deal to take Alonso to the Bernabeu, despite Benitez's continued insistence the player is not for sale, and has three years left on his contract.
But if Alonso, currently on Confederation Cup duty with Spain, intimates he wants to become involved in a second wave of Galactico signings in Madrid, then Benitez may have to consider the best deal for Liverpool. Benitez would want big money for Alonso, approaching £30million, but Spanish sports paper AS claim that strikers Alvaro Negredo and Alberto Bueno could be included in any deal.
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alonso is a great player and he needs to stay he is a midfield player that will fill stevie G boots when/ if he gets injured in the summer, liverpool should hold on to there players but mybe sell NGOG and get a defender distan fits the bill
Tasha: My Real Names are MICchael PAngwo NDOngho and Im a Mighty Red Fan in Cameroon and my nickname here is LIVERPOOL. Comments 5&6 are from me.I dont know why someone can just deliberately impost on my affiliations.This is the second time and I dont know what to do.Whatever if someone reads any article which is antagonistic to the Mighty Reds using MICPANDO should just know that it is not the real MICPANDO.Im begging the person to try to stop it and bring his/her ideas using his ID and even argue with me.This is impersonification and I will want Yahoo-Eurosport to try to stop others registering using already existed affiliations. Thanks. YNWA
DONT SELL ANYONE.. WE NEED TO TOP UP ON WHAT WE GOT... STRENGTH IN DEPTH... YNWA... JTF96 AND MICHAEL SHIELDS
OH OK...... IMPOSTER MICPANDO... WHO TO BELIEVE......... TWIGHLIGHT ZONE....... WHOS REAL WHOS THE BADDY... YNWA
FLUFF OFF MICPANDO..... WE WOULDN'T SELL MANURE A THIRD HAND @#$%....... OLE RED NOSE HAS DONE IT AGAIN........ HE'S FLUFFED UP......... SEE YA RONDILDO
Comment 4 micpando IS A DIFFERENT MICPANDO FROM THE MIGHTY RED MICPANDO OF THE MIGHTY RED.I MIGHTY RED MICPANDO DOES NOT WANT BABEL TO BE SOLD.PLEASE MIGHTY RED FANS TAKE NOTE.I DONT KNOW WHY YAHOO DOESNT RESTRICT SYNONYMOUS NAMES TO BE REGISTERED HERE AS SOMEONE HAS ALSO USE MY NAME AND REGISTERED.
ALonso saying he will stay means he is dedicated and we must keep him.First we must look into each lads heart and desire.As with Ronaldo in ManU,though I will want Alonso to stay if any lad insist he wants to leave lets give a heart card and let the jokers play.Mighty Reds will do it next year as it is already written on the wall
Sell Babel to Utd..
liverpool wont be able to buy any big names this year and will be selling theirs instead all thanks to those 2 rednecks and their debt
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PLEASE SELL BABEL AND KEEP ALONSO
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