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Date:Tuesday October 28 2008
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Liverpool: Benitez Hails Alonso
Benitez Hails Alonso
Rafa Benitez has praised Xabi Alonso, who scored the winner against Chelsea on Sunday, and a player who might not have even still been a Liverpool player had things panned out differently in the summer. Alonso looked like he was heading out of Anfield, but his switch to Juventus feel through and the Spaniards form since has been a major factor in our success this season.
Rafa insists that the situation with Alonso, which looked like seeing him leave, was just one of those things that happens in football but he is glad that he didn't go, as he explained:
'What happened in the summer with Alonso is just football, and you always have to try to change things.
'Maybe I will now tell half a dozen players that I may sell them, maybe they will all start to play as well as Xabi!
'It doesn't matter whether I change my mind about something or the player changes his mind. What matters is that as a manager if I have a good player, a good professional, I will use that player for the benefit of the team.
'He is our player and we will try to take the best from him.'
Had the price been right for the Reds then the midfielder probably would have been sold, but it wasn't so he is still here and his quality is shining through, Rafa added:
'He is showing the quality we know he has. Always he is a good professional, a good player.
'We did not sell Xabi in the summer because the price was not good enough for such a talented player.
'That is simple, this is a football market, and now he is showing character and we have a very positive situation with competition for every place in the side being very high.
I was glad when Xabi didn't leave in the summer, and I have been even happier since. All being well come the end of the season everyone will be happy that he is still here and we can be celebrating as Premier League champions!
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He's a terrific player. Glad he's still a Red!
spen86
celebrating as premier league champions....??? getting a bit carried away there! let try and do well against pompey 1st.
EZLFC
I'm Alonso's fan from his arrival at Anfield. I adore this player
Bosko-Macedonia
I think he's so much better than Gareth Barry - you would have been mad to have got rid of the Spaniard! But Premier League champions in May? I hope that win on Sunday hasn't gone to your heads!
daspecial1
Far much better then Barry
Bosko-Macedonia
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