Xabi said he will leave if he does not play in the CL final.
OOH, THAT SAVED A LOT OF EFFORT!
This copying and pasting is excellent! Ctrl-c, ctrl-v, job done and the Gossip Column's off to eat the scraps out of other people's breakfast bowls. Baddabing, baddaboom:
'Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher have given Liverpool the perfect Champions League final boost by agreeing their megabucks new deals,' says The Sun.
'Yet there is a growing fear Xabi Alonso could leave in the summer if he misses out in Athens on Wednesday.
'Skipper Gerrard, 26, will collect a cool £120,000 a week - around £6million a year - and extend his present deal until 2010.
'Centre-back Carragher, 29, will pick up nearly £80,000 a week.
'Liverpool are unlikely to announce the news officially until after their midweek showdown with AC Milan in the Greek capital.'