Xabi Alonso (15 Viewers)
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6m was way too ridiculous.With the quality Alonso would add to us,15 is a reasonable amount.Its overstated when you consider the injury hit season he's had,but its definatley not overstated when you consider his quality.I was expecting something along these lines TBH.Plus if they want 15m,we might be able to bring it down a little bit,to something around 12m.Its a good deal.Plus if you want to succeed next season and target a trophy,you need to open up your wallet.Either do that,or end up with second class players.
I know it says Pounds.But if you need quality players,you will need to spend cash.And we arent spending cash on a useless area.We're spending cash in a department that needs reinforcement.We need some creativity in midfield.Quality players dont come cheap.If you look at the alternatives..there is VDV,Aquilani and Lampard perhaps?Aquilani would cost well in excess of 20m.VDV would require a change of system,which Ranieri is not too exicted about.Lampard is turning 30,and plus he's apparently signed a new contract with Chelsea.Which else quality player,who fits in Ranieri's system,is up for grabs?The Marchisio argument wont work here.He's raw,and he needs to be a backup to a bigger player,so he can be moulded into the side slowly.The same goes for Cigarini.You need to loosen your purse strings if you're going to acquire quality.Yes you shoudnt do that with every single player that you want,but we're talking about a department that we've struggled in for a while now.So spending money for once,is justified.
I thought you haven't seen that since you were saying 15mln... 
Aquilani is good,injury prone but anyway he's going to stay at Rome.I agree if we get vad der Vaart we'd have to change system and probably Ranieri wouldn't like to do that but it's sad.He's great player.
Lampard will stay at Chelsea and I'm happy about it.He's good but we just can't afford his wages.Cigarini is not what we need at the moment.
I like Xabi and I think he'd do great in here but tbh I didn't expect him to be worth ~20mln euros.
But any of Xab,Lucho or Hamsik would be great IMO.
Aquilani is good,injury prone but anyway he's going to stay at Rome.I agree if we get vad der Vaart we'd have to change system and probably Ranieri wouldn't like to do that but it's sad.He's great player.
Lampard will stay at Chelsea and I'm happy about it.He's good but we just can't afford his wages.Cigarini is not what we need at the moment.
I like Xabi and I think he'd do great in here but tbh I didn't expect him to be worth ~20mln euros.
But any of Xab,Lucho or Hamsik would be great IMO.
Aquilani would cost in excess of 20m.The same goes for Nasri.Montolivo on the other hand,is still young.He isnt the big and proven signing that we're talking about.Liverpool want 15m for Alonso because he's been pretty good for them.And this is his 4th season at the club,not 3rd.Playing in the EPL would have opened up Alonso to a new market,a market that he was not a part of while he was at Soceidad,so his price would have naturally soared.This isnt an automobile that gets depreciated every year.This is a football player,and a player who does well will see his price go up.
I don't like this deal, i know that he's a quality player but to pay 19 million euros for him is not a smart business IMO. "If" all these news about liverpool struggling financially is true then they're most likely r forced to sell their players so we should get the guy for less $$. Just the way we sold our players for so little and other teams took an advantage of the situation, we should do the same...
Glad to hear I wasnt the only one weirded out to see Boumsong as an attacking fullback Typical, the Lyon games I tune in for ends goalless(btw Benzema had an insane run...)....
Xabi has been underperfoming for Pool for a while. I would choose Lucho over him simply for the box to box player quality he provides, impact player. But Xabi would be quite a steal to get, would make our midfield tick. Even if I find him overrated at times. But 15-m19m for him would be good signing.
But forgive me if I think its insanely unrealistic signing, even if he was on the market 100%, he is much more likely to go to Spain or stay in Pool, nothing else.
Typical, the Lyon games I tune in for ends goalless(btw Benzema had an insane run...)....Xabi has been underperfoming for Pool for a while. I would choose Lucho over him simply for the box to box player quality he provides, impact player. But Xabi would be quite a steal to get, would make our midfield tick. Even if I find him overrated at times. But 15-m19m for him would be good signing.
But forgive me if I think its insanely unrealistic signing, even if he was on the market 100%, he is much more likely to go to Spain or stay in Pool, nothing else.
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