Arsenal eye Alonso
Monday, 08 December 08, 09:05 AM · Comments(3)
Alan Hansen may have been horribly wrong in his assessment all those years ago, but Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger , having championed his kids for so long, finally appears to have come round to the Scotsman's school of thought.
Arsenal have struggled for consistency so far this season, a fault has been attributed to a lack of experience in the side, particularly in midfield where fellow team-mates have even started tackling each other in dying moments of games.
Wenger may be one of Fabregas's fans but the Gunners boss has realised his new captain, just 21, needs a helping hand from a more experienced sidekick in the middle of the park.
Enter Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso.
Wenger is a keen admirer of the Spain international; the Gunners would have snapped him up last summer if it were not for Aston Villa's refusal to allow Gareth Barry to go to Anfield.
But having continued to impress this season, and with Liverpool still interested in Barry, Wenger is preparing to make another bid for Alonso once the transfer window opens in January. The Daily Mirror claims a fee of £12 million should be enough to tempt Rafa Benitez to part with his countryman.
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there's nothing special bout this..i just want to share my greatest soccer moment with any Liverpudian outhere..
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Can't see Arsene buying Alonso, he'd probably say something on the lines of "Well, err, if I buy Alonso it will, err, hinder, err, the progress of Alex Song and, err, Denilson"
I for one don't care what it does to their progress as if they were good enough Alonso would not be needed
Football Guy
You could argue with Wenger, pointing out that their disappointing performances and "being thrown in at the deep end" is hardly helping their progress, as it must damage their fragile self-confidence, which he is always harping on about! Who do Song and Denilson learn from in training? Diaby? They need an experienced DM to teach them how to play.
I agree Arsenal DO need a top DM, I just don't think Wenger will go out and buy one due to his belief in the likes of Song and Denilson