Liverpool have moved quickly to end speculation in Spanish newspapers claiming that Liverpool and Real Madrid have agreed a fee of around £31 million for Xabi Alonso by insisting the Spanish international remains a Liverpool player."Xabi is with us in Singapore, and will train with the rest of the squad," said a Liverpool spokesman. "He was injured ahead of the Thailand game, people can say what they like about that. There has been no deal agreed with anyone for his transfer," reports the Guardian.
Earlier this week the Liverpool manager refused to contemplate losing one of his leading players, saying "next week he will be here".
Madrid's sporting director, Miguel Pardeza speaking to Spanish newspaper ‘Publico’ has admitted that talks with Liverpool stalled from day one:
"We do not see him as an alternative to Xabi Alonso as he has other characteristics," reports Sky Sports.
"The problem with Alonso is there are no alternatives, with the way football is evolving, the creative central midfielder is becoming fewer and fewer."
"Alonso is not a fad, there are just not may alternatives - not in the Americas or in Europe are their players who can perform his task."
Pardeza who appears to think the Reds should lower their asking price merely because Real want the player has admitted talks have been difficult.
"They stalled, from day one - the demands of Liverpool were beyond what Madrid was willing to pay and that is very difficult to understand."
"That is not the way to get things done, but I have not given up hope we can solve this."
Pardeza also seems to spend more time speaking about players from teams other then Real Madrid added his thoughts on the speculation linking Javier Mascherano, with a move to Barcelona.
"As I said I do not believe this [Alonso] will be an easy situation to solve, and I don't for one minute think that Mascherano will be easier to move than Alonso," he added.
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