Rumoured Xabi Alonso

[magic weeds 446]

Not this rumour again. Arsenal are bidding for Bender and Gundogan, while we wait On Alonso. Hope its all bullshit.

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

NOOOOOOOOOOOO

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Wasn't he one of the players Mourinho supposedly didn't get along with? In any case, I see him going back to Liverpool if he wants back in the Premier League.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

If Liverpool just made the right signings and kept Suarez, they'd be top 4 material.

Papadopoulos

Sneijder

Boateng

Alonso

All attainable and relatively cheap. Who runs LFC? A bunch of retarded horses? Not rocket science.

[BlueDude 49]

I've been wanting Alonso for a while. It's a shame he doesn't have too many years left and his best is behind him. He can still be a classy midfielder for a couple years, maybe 3 even.

At his current level he'd be still one of the best Deep Lying playmakers/Midfielders in the League and hopefully can resist decline or even improve with Age ala Pirlo.

Pirlo has always been great, it's just that he gained more fame with the Panenka penalty in the Euros.

Would love to have Xabi Alonso here but as mentioned before it won't happen.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

I've been wanting Alonso for a while. It's a shame he doesn't have too many years left and his best is behind him. He can still be a classy midfielder for a couple years, maybe 3 even.

At his current level he'd be still one of the best Deep Lying playmakers/Midfielders in the League and hopefully can resist decline or even improve with Age ala Pirlo.

You also have to factor in that Pirlo's been able to go on so long because of Serie A. While it remains a cliché that Serie A is more slow paced than the other leagues, it doesn't mean it's not true. It's a more tactical league too, which is why Pirlo's been able to keep his fitness and tactical awareness sharp. Whether Xabi can replicate what Pirlo's been able to do will depend on a lot more variables.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Gica Craioveanu, former Sociedad, Villareal, Getafe and Romanian National Team player, football commentator in Spain and with some friends inside Real Madrid had an interview with Digi Sport, main and best rated sport channel in Romania: "Xabi Alonso has not extended his contract with Real Madrid because he'll go to Chelsea this summer. Real Madrid and Chelsea have agreed terms weeks ago and Xabi will sign with the blues. I can assure you this transfer will surely go through, Mou wants him badly knowing that he likes to variate tactics during games and play with three defensive minded midfielders at times, so Xabi couldn't miss from his squad."

[Toli 977]

^ signing an injured player? seems legit.

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

If we are to sign Alonso at least it gives us a player who can control the tempo in midfield, something we lacked last season.

[GoldChelsea 7]

This is true because your a player like alonso we could help retrieves his ball would not hurt a duo-ramirez-alonso I am for all cases

[J.F. 1,484]

only him

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

Still can't believe Rafa was going to sell Alonso and replace him with Gareth Barry the season before he went to Madrid... what a fucking idiot hahahahaha

[DanishBlue 426]

DDR is such a badass.

[Billy. 2,742]

http://metro.co.uk/2013/07/08/chelsea-and-liverpool-target-xabi-alonso-will-not-return-to-premier-league-3873700/

[NishC300 1,865]

http://www.marca.com/2013/07/08/en/football/real_madrid/1373309923.html

IT'S OFFICIAL XABI ALONSO IS NOT LEAVING MADRID!

So I guess this will strengthen our bid to get DDR.