Xabi for 8.5 Million

[Jerry Laser]

I think Xabi just misses his mancrush....

 

[King Binny]

Xabi Alonso's future has been cause for rampant speculation in recent months. Real Madrid has yet to tie the midfielder down to a contract beyond June 2014, when his current deal expires. This has led to rumblings about what the Basque anchorman's next move will be.

Periko Alonso, the midfielder's father, has waded into this sea of uncertainty and offered some hints about his son's intentions on Radio MARCA. "What he wants to do is to wait a bit to see what happens and how things go, and then, when the time is right, he'll make the appropriate decision. It's as simple as that - there's nothing else to it", Alonso Sr. explained, when asked why his son has yet to sign on the dotted line at 'Los Blancos'.

Xabi's father, himself a former pro, was more categorical about the chances of his son returning to former club Real Sociedad in the near future. "Going home is always difficult, and anyway, Sociedad is pretty well stocked right now", he claimed.

While the saga over Xabi Alonso's contract continues to play out, Real Madrid is already scouring the market in search of someone to step into his shoes. The long list of candidates even includes one Real Sociedad player, Asier Illarramendi, on whom Periko Alonso heaped praise: "He covers a lot of ground, is always involved and does everything well, offering the team a good outlet. He's a really important player and has come on in leaps and bounds this season".

 

[Mors]

Isn't he an older version of what Allen is 'meant to be'? Can't see the boss going for him when he has Allen. He'd be a luxury as we've other areas that need improving more. He's been quality at Madrid though, I just think that ship may have sailed.

 

[Squiggles]

Not really.

They're both known for their passing, but Allen, at Swansea at least, wasn't playing a holding role at Swansea. He was breaking forward at every opportunity, running, dribbling, shooting, etc.

 

[Rosco]

Xabi isn't a version of anything.

He's Xabi.

 

[Judge Jules]

He probably would fulfil some of the same functions in the team as Allen, but they're by no means carbon copies of each other - for example Alonso's long passing game is far better. We do have other areas which need improvement, but I'm far from sure any of them are actually higher priority than getting more control in CM. Besides, any team has to be ready to adjust its order of priorities if a good deal becomes available.

 

[Sunny]

Xabi isn't a version of anything.

He's Xabi.

He's great.

 

[Silver Sean]

I'll be amazed if he comes back here. But then I never thought we'd go and sign David Speedie.

 

[Silver Sean]

He probably would fulfil some of the same functions in the team as Allen, but they're by no means carbon copies of each other - for example Alonso's long passing game is far better. We do have other areas which need improvement, but I'm far from sure any of them are actually higher priority than getting more control in CM. Besides, any team has to be ready to adjust its order of priorities if a good deal becomes available.

Xabi is a proven winner who has won the world cup, euro champs, champions league, league title, and the other is Joe Allen

 

[Mors]

I hear what you're all saying, that you'd have Xabi's babies, but for me, for 8.5mill I'd rather we bought a ball winning DM, or a proper centre half. I wouldn't want us to go into next season with a Xabi in the team but still with our wank defence and wank DM.
He's a good player, and an excellent controller of games. Just not the sort of player we're screaming out for at the moment. It's not controlling or creating we're struggling with, it's bastard concentration at the back.

 

[juniormember]

We'd be fecking stupid if we refused Xabi.

 

[Modo]

Allen and Xabi aren't even comparable. Two very different players with very different roles.

 

[Mystic]

I hear what you're all saying, that you'd have Xabi's babies, but for me, for 8.5mill I'd rather we bought a ball winning DM, or a proper centre half. I wouldn't want us to go into next season with a Xabi in the team but still with our wank defence and wank DM.
He's a good player, and an excellent controller of games. Just not the sort of player we're screaming out for at the moment. It's not controlling or creating we're struggling with, it's bastard concentration at the back.

This is the most spectacularly stupid post ive ever read. Our team lacks composure, adding a new mascherano wont help anything, adding one of the best defensive midfielders in the world, one who's the epitome of composure, will.

 

[dantes]

I hear what you're all saying, that you'd have Xabi's babies, but for me, for 8.5mill I'd rather we bought a ball winning DM, or a proper centre half. I wouldn't want us to go into next season with a Xabi in the team but still with our wank defence and wank DM.
He's a good player, and an excellent controller of games. Just not the sort of player we're screaming out for at the moment. It's not controlling or creating we're struggling with, it's bastard concentration at the back.

I can predict quite accurately when a certain post is going to be called stupid, and like clockwork I scroll down and there is someone calling the post stupid. But thats just empirical guesswork and I've never ever before now read a post and genuinely felt and understood it to be stupid.

Until now. Maybe you should view it as an achievement. But your posts are the first time ever in the history of any football forum including koptalk that I've been reading something and been saying to myself 'fuck me, this is fucking stupid'.

 

[mark1975]

I get Mors point to be honest, we need to spend in other positions, but it's a no brainer. He's World Class, he loves us, we love him, he'd be a great lift for the likes of Gerrard, inspiring to players like Allen and Henderson, and he'd help us win trophies and be a better team because he's that fucking great. So regardless of priorities, a top class International player is potentially available to us, is better than what we have and would improve us immensely.

We'd be stupid not to.

 

[Halmeister]

He won't be coming here. Don't do it to yourselves.

 

[Hansern]

Boooooo!

 

[cloggypop]

Worth 8.5 mil just for the ginger beard.

 

[Hansern]

Gerrard would probably pay it out of his own pocket so that he could continue his bromance.

 

[King Binny]

Xabi Alonso has offered brief comment on his future at Real Madrid by admitting that currently it remains undecided.

The midfielder is speculated as set to delay signing an offer to stay on at the Santiago Bernabeu until he is into next season and has assurances on his place in the team.

Whilst his father has commented that he expects a new offer from Los Blancos, Alonso has reflected that he has yet to consider the possibility of a renewal.

“I haven't yet decided my future - I am signed to Real Madrid until 2014 and that is my situation,” the former Real Sociedad and Liverpool man told The People over the weekend.