Lyle whats going on with your so called mighty reds??

[JazMerkin]

Mate we know the day Bentiez tried to flog Alonso in the summer of 2008 he wanted to leave, that is what Gerrard is reffering too, what im trying to get through to you is Madrid did not come in for Alonso till Perez came in 2009, is that to hard to understand??

The only team who wanted Alonso in 2008 was Juventus Alonso didnt fancy a move to Italy.

Let's put it this way Liverpool were prepared to sell Alonso for around |15 million, so if Madrid were after him like you say they were ( which 100% FACT they were not) why not buy him when he was available for 15 million?? No i mean better business sense would be not buy him then buy him after 12 months when Liverpool dont want to sell and pay 30 million.


Go look for some articles when perez became president it will make things alot clearer and while your at it go google when Liverpool tried to sell Alonso in the summer of 2008 you will fins hundreds of links with Juventus after buying him but not one for Madrid?

not trying to be a nob here but telling you 100% Madrid did not want Alonso till Perez came in FACT.

I know the Juventus tried to land him IN, more than Madrid, I agree on that. What I say is that Madrid were thinking a bit about him (at the time), it was just not one of their priority so to speak, there was an interest, an eye on the guy but it was not a priority. Perez made him a priority when he kicked in. That year, Alonso had one of the best years of his life (if not the best). These 2 facts: 1) Alonso having a killer year + 2)Perez deciding to make of him one of his priority (and not only an interest) changed the whole equation and why the price for him did soar big time.
I recall something like 2 years ago on Eurosport.fr, there was an interview with him and he did state that "playing at Madrid would be an absolute dream for him but that he was feeling good at Anfield", which means "I would love to play for Madrid but I can't shout it too loud, especially as I am ok here". I just didn't find the article, unfortunately as Eurosport.fr do not keep long track of such interviews.

Nameless mate, Skel is right. The only other team bar Juventus to show interest in the Summer of 2008 was ATHLETICO Madrid. Real weren't at all interested up until Perez took back over, as before that they were only concerned with the attacking side of their team, at the time no doubt feeling that Gago could do the same things Alonso could. Obviously Alonso having an excellent following season, with Gago having a rather disappointing one, led them to believe that Alonso was a good replacement. But, they showed no interest in him whilst Calderon was at the helm.