Here’s a question for you. Who is Real Madrid’s most important player? Many of you will reply Ronaldo or maybe Higuain who bang in the goals in what seems to be a ten minute basis. Or perhaps you feel its playmaker Di Maria, whose assists this season have been nothing short of sublime. Maybe you’re a fan of the defence and...
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I had a good laugh today reading a report that suggested that Manchester United may be lining up a bid for Real Madrid’s Xabi Alonso. Apparently, Alonso may find himself on the Madrid bench next season as Mourinho would prefer to play with their new signing Nuri Sahin and Sami Khedira. Now this report may just be from someone...
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“ALONSO STAY” is the banner that greeted Xabi Alonso in August 2008 during a pre-season game against Lazio. This was at the peek of the speculation that Alonso was going to leave Liverpool after Rafa Benitez decided to sell him when we the fans did not want him to leave.
Up until today, many Liverpool fans have never...
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Chelsea fans have been puzzled as to why Torres has struggled to find the back of the net for them whereas at Liverpool he was scoring goals for fun. Chelsea’s assistant manager Michael Emenalo seems to have the answer for Chelsea fans: Torres misses Liverpool!
“I can say he’s still adapting to the pattern of Chelsea at...
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May 25, 2005, a night that will live in the memories of all Liverpool fans as we won our 5th European Cup in Istanbul by beating AC Milan on penalties. One of the star players that night was Xabi Alonso as he scored the crucial third goal for Liverpool to make it 3-3. One can only imagine what was going through his mind as he...
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Ever since Xabi Alonso left Liverpool, many fans wondered why did he leave. For many of us it was obvious speculation that Alonso left because of Rafa Benitez. Benitez made it clear that he wanted to sign Gareth Barry and replace him with Xabi Alonso. Now Xabi has spoken out and told us exactly what happened.
“At the end of...
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Many Liverpool fans have been hoping that Xabi Alonso will return and play for Liverpool. We even ran a story on OurKop.com about Xabi Alonso possibly returning to Liverpool but Guillem Balague has come out today and squashed any hopes that we had about Alonso coming back.
Balague lists three reasons why Alonso will not be making a...
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A large majority of us Liverpool fans fell in love with Xabi Alonso when he was a Liverpool player. Many of us were gutted when he was sold to Real Madrid against our wish. Truthfully, Liverpool have never quite been the same team without Alonso. Yes, they say that no single player is bigger than the team and I agree with that, but...
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There was a surprise face in the stands on Monday night when Liverpool took on Aston Villa. Real Madrid’s Xabi Alonso was in Anfield to witness Liverpool trounce Aston Villa 3-0. So I ask myself the question, “What was Xabi Alonso doing at Anfield?”
La Liga is not a break yet so you can not say Alonso was here on...
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The longest running transfer saga of the summer is finally over. Liverpool have agreed a fee, thought to be in the region of £30million with Real Madrid for Xabi Alonso. I am saddened today as we have lost a great player but bigger players have left Liverpool in the past so we should be okay. The moment Alonso decided he wanted...
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