Alonso’s form

Praise must go to Alonso for scoring the winner on Sunday against Chelsea. It may have been a deflection but Xabi has rightfully claimed the goal as his shot was goal-bound. Xabi was very unlucky not to get a second as his brilliant freekick came off the foot of the post. Here we have a player who was on the verge of leaving...

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Xabi Alonso to Arsenal?

Reports this morning are suggesting that Arsene Wenger would be interested in signing Xabi Alonso but only if Liverpool lower the £18m valuation to £10.5m. Now I have two issues about this, firstly, why should Liverpool lower the valuation of Alonso to £10.5m? That is daylight robbery! Alonso is not worth £10.5m, he is much...

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Alonso not going to Juventus – Now what?

It looks pretty certain now that Xabi Alonso will not be going to Juventus. This after Juventus completed the signing of Christian Poulsen who will be playing in the role Alonso was meant to play there. And the fact that Juventus boss, Claudio Ranieri has said he just wants to sign a goal keeper now and that will be him done in the...

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Alonso to stay after all?

You have to love the summer transfer chaos! It seemed a couple of weeks ago that Xabi Alonso was set for a move to Juventus but now the Spanish midfielder has come out and said that he would not mind staying at Liverpool. “I am very happy with Liverpool, the city, the people and they treat me very well. It’s great to be a...

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Alonso deal to Juventus almost done

It now seems that Xabi Alonso is just about set to leave Liverpool and complete a move to Juventus after reportedly agreeing terms with the Italian team. It is understood that Alonso has agreed a 4 year deal. The question now remains, how much are we getting from selling Alonso? It is thought that we will probably get about £...

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