ok, lets put this way.
Today L'pool ask 15 mil for Alonso, we offer 12, tomorrow they ask for 18, we offer 15, and than they ask for even more, what would you say than?
It is obvious we want Alonso, but we must always keep our options open. I would not want to pay over the odds for any player.
Even Alonso is great player and just what we need in midfield at the moment, who can guarantee that with less space similar could happen as with Tiago?
Don't get me wrong, I am for Alonso all the way, but if L pool taking a piss , than we dont have any other safe option but to go for Stankovic, who can play few different roles in midfield, so its very easy to change tactic, who already knows italian league, who hates Jose and Inter as well as all of us..