Possible candidates to replace Alonso at Liverpool
Posted by Cathal Breathnach on July 17, 2009 | 11 Comments
With Real Madrid closing on the £32 million signing of Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alons, Rafa Benitez will no doubt be looking for possible ways to spend the money.
Several names have been linked with moves to Anfield in recent and here, we have a look at a few of them.
David Silva
The Valencia winger has been linked with a move to Liverpool for years now. I don’t remember a transfer window in recent times where Silva hasn’t been linked with the Merseyside club. The 23-year old is regarded by many as one of the best left-sided midfield players in Europe and it is thought that Benitez would have to cough up at least £28 million if he wants to secure Silva’s signature.
The Spanish international is now a 6/4 shot to join Liverpool before the transfer window shuts on August 31st and in my opinion, that’s a very decent price.
Likelihood of this deal : 8/10
Wesley Sneijder
It would make sense for Liverpool to demand Sneijder as part of any deal which sees Alonso move to the Bernabeu. With the World Cup fast approaching, Sneijder knows he needs to be playing regular first team football this season if he is to be a permanent fixture in the Dutch starting line-up in South Africa and lets face it, he is unlikely to feature regularly over the course of the La Liga season.
The 25-year old can play as a central midfield player or as a winger and in my view, he would be a quality addition to the Liverpool squad. It will be interesting to see how this one pans out over the coming days and weeks.
Likelihood of this deal : 6/10
Alberto Aquilani
The Roma midfielder is seen by many as a ready-made replacement for Alonso. Despite the fact Aquilani’s agent has stated recently that the player would not be moving to Liverpool, the move still looks a real possibility. Roma boss Luciano Spalletti has today had this to say about a possible move : “We need to be open and listen to any type of offers that are proposed to us.”
The Italian international was strongly linked with a move to Liverpool’s Premier League rivals Arsenal last summer but for whatever reasons, nothing ever materialised. Personally, I would love to see Aquilani arrive at Anfield. I think he is a smashing player, who would no doubt prove great value for money at the rumoured £22 million.
Likelihood of this deal : 9/10
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Tags: Alberto Aquilani > David Silva > Liverpool > Rafa Benitez > Wesley Sneijder > Xabi Alonso
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July 17th, 2009 @ 6:18 PM
Sneijder for me and also Silva if possible
July 17th, 2009 @ 6:32 PM
Get Sneijder in the deal plus the £22m, then buy Silva for the 22 plus extra money that we do have!!! No problem, fix it
July 17th, 2009 @ 7:22 PM
tell ” REAL MADRID” to pay 20 mil and exchange sneijder with alonso. With that 20 mil, and sell sum useless players like dossena, voronin, and the funds from pennant we should be getting at least 10 mil.
and with the 30 mil it will be enough to buy silva.
think about it.
forget dossena, we already have, johnson carra skrtel, aurelio, arbeloa, agger, insua, and some youngsters.
We have enough strikers, torres, ngog, babel, kuyt .
and silva can cover for pennant with riera in the left.
July 17th, 2009 @ 7:22 PM
we shall get 15m + schneider + van der vaalt . then silva of course will be a good addition . real madrid is in great need of alonso . if they can buy kaka & Ronaldo mo than 50m . so they can buy alonso for 35m .. we shall deal with them for our own advantage … alonso is replacable at liverpool .. if he wants to go , we shall let him go .. we only keep players who love n loves to play with heart for liverpool fc … lets kop them
July 17th, 2009 @ 7:31 PM
Xabeard has to stay!!!!!!!!!
July 17th, 2009 @ 8:14 PM
let him go la nina.. he doesnt luv liverpool
July 18th, 2009 @ 2:28 AM
LET HIM GO……..WE DONT WANT HEARTLESS PLAYERS……..HES 4 MONEY.LIKE OWEN-MICHEL ALONSO…….TRASH
July 18th, 2009 @ 10:11 AM
Money plus sneijder and robben would be a good option. Means Babbel could go for 10 mil and you could buy a good second striker
July 18th, 2009 @ 5:08 PM
sell alonso get around 20-30 mill plus snejider in a swap- with that money plus sails of dossena, voronin and arbeloa we can get david villa or david silva then man utd will have a run in for their money
July 20th, 2009 @ 5:12 PM
id luv to see us get 22m + snjedier…. den we cud spend the 22m on aquilani nt silva as silva is far overrated nd a bout as gud as riera drz no need for him we dont need quality wingers for the type of football we play
July 26th, 2009 @ 12:04 AM
Keep Alonso, sell Mascherano, and buy Giuseppe Rossi from Villareal…
And tell Real Madrid to fu** off!