Real Madrid's Xabi Alonso says 'I'm still a Liverpool fan' Football Focus Interview Part 2

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11 жыл бұрын

Former Liverpool player Xabi Alonso says he is still a fan of the club despite leaving Anfield in 2009.
Alonso moved to Spanish side Real Madrid for £30m four years ago but says he still feels "really attached" to the Merseyside club.
The Spaniard also reveals that the summer before his move the club told him he was not as "important" to their plans as he thought he was.
Thanks to BBC Football :)

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@AlphaMaleMy 3 ай бұрын

"We".. He is one of us

@SamHumphreys-uv7zh 3 ай бұрын

Yeah he loves Madrid doesn't he

@fuzzymalone4949 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, he actually played on the team

@jzilla1234 13 күн бұрын

he loves Madrid more

@TheAnfieldLark 3 ай бұрын

Defo the man for the job at the end of the season 🔴

@thejasshetty6297 3 ай бұрын

fax, also wanna see him win the league with leverkusen this season

@mkprocter882 2 ай бұрын

expecting for Liverpool to play Leverkusen this season, perhaps we'll give them their first Loss@@thejasshetty6297

@ek6352 2 ай бұрын

why would he leave Leverkusen it's going perfectly for him

@SakasOlderBrother 2 ай бұрын

U ain't getting him... 😂😂😂 if he leaves he will.go Munich

@trunk66 2 ай бұрын

@@SakasOlderBrotherdeluded

@johnmiceter 3 ай бұрын

Who else is only watching this now, because Alonso is linked to the Liverpool Manager role 😁

@docholiday-lm4vf 3 ай бұрын

Benitez tried to sell him. Whats a terrible idea

@Ichihopper01 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, he tried to sell him to arsenal so that he could get Gareth barry.

@lokoloki700 3 ай бұрын

@@Ichihopper01why did Rafa love Gareth so much? Alonso was way better than him.

@NavyaSagittarius 2 ай бұрын

@@lokoloki700Rafa was a good manager who made astute signings. If you would look at Gareth Barry's longevity you would know he was a quality player. Maybe not as technical as Alonso, but good player who used to rarely get injured.

@woasif-issmam 3 ай бұрын

I love Rafa but I'll never forgive him for trying to swap Xabi for Gareth Barry. Listen to Xabi's voice tone, Benitez made him feel useless & a lack of respect was there. This made his head turn & our ship sank with Hodgson

@hashshashiinme7656 2 ай бұрын

Him, Gerrad, Javier made that midfield very strong strong

@Indervallervooooooo 2 ай бұрын

A Spanish man, a Spanish World Cup winner and Madrid came calling, we understand Xabi. YWNWA

@MBison-vm6gq 3 ай бұрын

I just could not see or understand why Rafa thought so little of Xabi. Rafa will always be a legend but why Rafa? Why???

@Tridentus 3 ай бұрын

The 07/08 season was Xabi's weakest in a LFC shirt. He was still decent but wasn't essential that season. It was Gareth Barry's best season, and he even became a starter in England's stacked midfield, I remember because I didn't think it was ridiculous to trade the two as a LFC fan. Rafa wanted another striker to support Torres, so wanted to sell Xabi for £30m and buy Barry for 15-18m and Jovetic for 17m because Hicks&Gillett wouldn't give him any money. Of course, that fell through and the next season was Xabi's best at LFC and he became a far better player than Barry so it seems ridiculous now. Unfortunately because of the previous summer, Xabi decided to push for the move to Real, and Rafa brought in Aquilani who famously was injured.

@vishy 3 ай бұрын

Rafa was put in some terrible predicaments as manager. He had to hustle a lot when it came to players. He got this one absolutely wrong with Alonso, but there were mitigating circumstances and he also got a lot right. Always a legend in my eyes for being sharp tactically, making us competitive at the top of European football on a relatively low budget, and forming a wonderful relationship with supporters and the city (demonstrated by him and his wife's noble charity work and still living in the area)

@fonz114 3 ай бұрын

Rafa,, never rated him that much, drove me nuts watching premier league games every weekend,

@zorashki 2 ай бұрын

He wasn't so Impressive to the level he became later on. he was good tho like good but Gareth Barry's was far better that year.

@symoredollaz610 6 ай бұрын

Liverpool Manager in the future

@admirsaracevic6804 3 ай бұрын

how did you know ?

@navbasi2001 3 ай бұрын

@@admirsaracevic6804 He knows...

@admirsaracevic6804 3 ай бұрын

@@navbasi2001 he knew, he is probably from FSG

@navbasi2001 3 ай бұрын

@@admirsaracevic6804 Ha.. As a Liverpool fan…. It’s more hope/prays than anything else mate… 🙏🏼😉

@kennyalpha22 3 ай бұрын

He is joining Utd. He was disrespected by Loserpool. After Klopp, your club is finished. Your cycle ends, ours will start.

@SkintoneChickenbone 11 жыл бұрын

Xavier please come back!!

@4857i 3 ай бұрын

Abel?

@SkintoneChickenbone 3 ай бұрын

@@4857i what?

@SkintoneChickenbone 3 ай бұрын

@4857i this was 11 years ago. Now Xabi might be coming back as manager. Thanks for commenting or I would've forgotten about this

@ConnorIsaacs-bg1fz 2 ай бұрын

@@SkintoneChickenbone how old where you when commented this

@NavyaSagittarius 2 ай бұрын

@@SkintoneChickenbone He might

@TheXJRMAN 3 ай бұрын

The end was protracted and badly handled. My favourite player he could pass to anyone anywhere. Benitez really fancied a No.6 in Gareth Barry, who was typically unadventurous for Benitez. Xabi was at his wife's side to support child birth, Benitez told him you either play or will be sold, he chose family first which is totally acceptable and was to the club too, but it was the start of Xabi knowing his time with that manager was up, and so he left. He will RETURN. Xabi will never walk alone.

@xxxiscopeztdxxx1 11 жыл бұрын

do anything to have him back

@imdad54 3 ай бұрын

Are you still alive ?

@efra2802 3 ай бұрын

@@imdad54bruh 😂

@imdad54 3 ай бұрын

@@efra2802 😉

@shardulnikam9322 3 ай бұрын

Hopefully he does come back ❤

@um8778 3 ай бұрын

What did you do? It's been 10 years we need to know.

@davidhurtado2725 2 ай бұрын

Rafa gave us so much but also took a lot by driving Xabi away. That midfield Gerrard - Xabi was brutal

@CamEraFitnessChannel 2 ай бұрын

One of many Rafa pissed off. Xabi was and is a top pro. I'm praying he comes to Liverpool this summer. Bayern is not a challenge and i just do not see him say anywhere that they're in his heart like Liverpool seems to be, so fingers crossed. Madrid is something he may want to do in 5 or 10 years then.

@thatguyinthathat.s6969 3 ай бұрын

Yeah… I remember Benitez tried to sell him to buy Gareth Barry… let that sink in…. Of course he left the next season.

@tomdh8394 Ай бұрын

He's being nice/diplomatic - but I was surprised how many reds thought he'd come here - I'm sure he'd happily choose Bayern or Real first in the future.

@prahladkulkarni5751 2 ай бұрын

Get the man his contract and get him every players/staffs he wants.

@usaxe33 2 ай бұрын

Come to liverpool Xabi ❤

@24_muhammadsyauqytermydzy97 3 ай бұрын

Yess geffer one of us

@davidhurtado2725 2 ай бұрын

The only right answer.

@brianokeeffe8621 2 ай бұрын

Imo raffa underachived with the team he had at Liverpool .

@KilluaZoldyck-qx9jf 2 ай бұрын

amazing team. not good enough squad

@demonking5436 2 ай бұрын

The reason why I strongly believe he'll go to lfc than bayern or madrid

@paulcritchley464 3 ай бұрын

Bloody hell google and youtube must be hard up They a just shitheads 12 second advert in a 86 video They are going to doldrums

@theanfieldfaithful9916 3 ай бұрын

Emotions aside, I'll never be a big rafa fan even if he won a CL and FA. For me, it was the players that won for him (esp. Gerrard). What has he done after Liverpool? Just a second tier europa cup with Chelsea owned by a billionaire. That too, he took charge in the middle of the campaign.