Re: Xabi Alonso will stay at Anfield, says Rafa Benitez
[quote author=Richey link=topic=33578.msg891346#msg891346 date=1245409602]
Not sure what everyone is getting so worked up about. Alonso is a good player but not irreplacable. If he wants to go then let him go, just like Mascherano, Arbeloa and anyone else who doesn't want to play for us anymore.
The assumption that he is acting out some kind of 'revenge' on Benitez is a little presumptuous too really. At the end of the day he is Spanish, he has played here for 5 years and it could just be that he likes the idea of playing for one of the big clubs in his own country. Its perfectly understandable.
Say if an English guy was playing for a top team abroad, had made his name there but had always wanted to play for us or United. Would hardly be a surprise if he considered it, especially if said English team was in the process of buying lots of other top players.
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A very good and sensible post about this whole affair especially the second paragraph. Afterall, who is Mascher getting his 'revenge' on? What would have Rafa learned about the way he treated Masher?
As for Xabi's quote, it is out of context... the whole thing is this:-
Asked if he would be disappointed to start next season at Anfield, Alonso told the Mirror: "I cannot respond to that. But each player thinks about their own future.
"It's clear that on the outside there are reports about your future, but you cannot do much and the only thing you can do is train normally."
Not exactly committing his future to us wholeheartedly but not exactly saying he is off too.
