Comments on: Alonso, Real and £20M

By: terry

terry — Sat, 23 May 2009 14:57:46 +0000

do not sell Alonso, if we do, Liverpool will be making a big mistake-selling a quaility player to buy Barry. I mean come on get real-Alonso is like Gerrard in the way he can inspire Liverpool to battle and fight on till the bitter end-Sami Hypia has the same quality. Take just one spark plug from an engine and it will still run but not the same. Better the devil you know. DONT SELL ALONSO!!!!

By: Ian Cade

Ian Cade — Fri, 22 May 2009 19:25:42 +0000

We should hang on to Xabi. Not only is he the backbone to the team but he is settled but still hard working. Look at what happens when you get rid of a good player (crouch) and bring in someone who is playing well elswhere, it dosen`t always go to plan. We do have a some dead wood that needs getting rid of but NOT Xabi

By: victor

victor — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:18:49 +0000

selling alonso??? god,this is madness in the highest order.if for 45million,not too good, but for 21m? na madness.we must’nt sell.he is our best.he, gerrarad, and torres is our best three.barry, can’t come in for him 2 leave.he is far much better than him.rafa must be careful not to make these deadly mistake.why not ofload babel,lucas,voronin,ngog,riera,dossena and other yanks and leave our play maker, ALONSO.

By: nij

nij — Thu, 21 May 2009 12:47:53 +0000

PLEASE LET ALONSO STAY … who will replace him or take his postion lucas

By: CastroMayor

CastroMayor — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:22:43 +0000

No! waY! End of story!

By: nokx

nokx — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:27:42 +0000

20m?? if real really wants him…he is worth nothing less than 35million. thats what he is worth to liverpool. one of the best and outstanding performers this season. N more to come…he goes at a price so we can buy some quality as well….not less than 35m

By: iveski

iveski — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:38:55 +0000

We should buy Stephen Ireland, forget Barry, hang on to Xabi, thats it the title and everything else is ours ! end of story !

By: lutfur rahman

lutfur rahman — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:54:26 +0000

we just cant sell alonso no way he’s the heartbeat of our team not even for 20m hes worth like 45+m let us not be pennywise and pound foolish pls rafa there is no way we can replace him for that price comon guys pls lets not sell xabi ;-(

By: Yoni

Yoni — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:22:32 +0000

Why we are going to sell Alonso? Selling your top performer is unthinkable. The funniest part is he worth more than 20mill. This days, 20mill doesnt get you a player like Alonso. Even it took as many years than expected to finish second place. But in other hand this shows that we built a better team than we had for the past couple of years. Its better to forget about selling Alonso and lets think about how we are going to build a better team for the next season. I think we need to build our team on a players like Alonso who has got a season long and growing perforamnce. Dont step back lets bulild a team that could win the title.

By: John R

John R — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:44:59 +0000

I agree with the majority of the comments already posted, we need to keep hold of our best and more consistent players. Alonso has been top this year in his position in the Premier league.

If the Premier league is the best league in the world then his services should come at a premium. He is worth way more than the quoted 20mil but see how things change in a season. Last year we were struggling for the Italians to pay more than 12mil for Alonso.

We can rely on him to do a job in the centre of the park and we cannot afford to sell him on. My only concern would be if he has off the field problems with the manager.

Sometimes players need to move on and it is not down to their football. If this is the case then we need to try and get the best price but also make sure we treat Alonso with the respect he deserves. If he prefers a move to Real Madrid for him and his family then we should give him this and capitalize on his success this season.

Silva, Vila and Barry for anfield…. Just imagine Vila and Torres up front… how juicy is that????

By: Imran

Imran — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:32:52 +0000

In order to compete with other top clubs we must not only sign quality but retain our best players!.Xabi has had a brilliant season so understandbly other top European clubs are sniffing around but we must resist and hold on to him!

Keeping Xabi is of far greater importance then signing Gareth Barry who Rafa seems to be obsessed with,the Spaniard is a far better player in my book then the Villa midefielder.By selling our best players we’re making it clear to our rivals that they’re for sale at the right price so someone may make a bid for Gerard and/or Torres too which we can’t refuse!

Wouldn’t mind seeing the back of Lucas,Babel and Dossena…perhaps even Riera but selling Alonso would be nothing short of madness!

By: Anfield Online

Anfield Online — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:09:45 +0000

I wonder if Man City’s owners were considering the profit margin when they tried to buy Kaka for £100 million?

By: dave

dave — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:50:05 +0000

Only thing I have to say is
KEEP ALONSO
and get rid of the YANKS

BUY SILVA or VILA

We seriously need another class STRIKER

By: jason thomas

jason thomas — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:00:08 +0000

DONT SELL ALONSO! Sell dossena,lucas,babel. Buy teves,glen jhonson,aaron lennon

By: Venus

Venus — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:19:31 +0000

Why sell, Alonso is a far better quality player than Barry, by far passing and tackling. If he wants to have a shot at the title next year he better hold on to the lad.

By: Scousewannabe

Scousewannabe — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:00:40 +0000

You can demonize the American owners, but let’s be honest: it’s gotten to be all about money, whether you’re talking American, Russian or Arab owners. If you don’t think EVERYONE (players included) don’t pay attention to the profit margin, you’re delusional. Sure guys want to win-owners want to win, too. But every sport that has a big fan base has got to consider the bottom line. If you don’t you’ll soon pay the piper and be broke to boot. I’d love to see Xabi stay. But if you think loyalty enters in to the picture as a primary concern, forget it. You’ve already lost him.

By: Anfield Online

Anfield Online — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:22:24 +0000

If Alonso goes, we’ll have nobody in our team that can get 7 opponents sent off a season.

By: Shiraz

Shiraz — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:25:25 +0000

I hope he could stay, but finances will dictate. If a bid comes in for more thatn 20 mil, he will be gone. We should then try and spend the money on getting Barry, David Silva and David Villa. These 3 players (if we could afford them) will take us to the title.

By: big steve

big steve — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:15:07 +0000

Im Sorry – Alonso is worth 35-40 million all day long. As one of the best passes of a football in the world – As one of the best midfield players in the Premier League (therefore the world) WHY would liverpool sell for well below his market value?? Especially as we need funds??

If we sell – it has to be for the right amount of money. £20M is not enough, it really is that simple

By: nkk

nkk — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:27:24 +0000

Selling Alonso would be a travesty as he is the dictator of our team, but we won’t get a better value for him than now. Maybe to sell him for £20M and get Javi Martinez and Barry, wouldn’t be so bad. But then, buying Barry and Martinez and NOT SELLING Alonso, would be the ideal situation………………………..