Sunday 23rd July 2006
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MADRID TOLD TO STICK ALONSO BID

Madrid (unsurprisingly) are interested in Xabi

Liverpool have left Real Madrid in no doubt as to what will happen if they table a bid for Xabi Alonso.

Alonso who was a £11 million signing from Real Sociedad, was chased by Real Madrid when the reds initially signed him first.

Now Real Madrid have decided that Xabi Alonso is going to be their latest bit of media fun, expecting Liverpool to simply resign themselves to the fact that he will go.

No chance, according to Rafa.

"I can read the Spanish press, but we have not had any official contact," Benitez told Sky Sports News. "He is staying here, for sure. We don't want to sell Xabi."

The Reds have pepped up their squad this summer with the captures of Craig Bellamy, Fabio Aurelio and Gabriel Paletta, while Mark Gonzalez finally sealed his move to Anfield after winning a work permit, and the quartet could well be joined by more fresh faces before the transfer window closes.

"We need to find other players who are stronger to make us stronger," he added. "We have some names.

"You can see them in the paper or watching the news and we are looking at some of them, but we cannot get all of them."

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