Rafa Benitez i en af sine karakteristiske bjergprædikener:
Kunne det være den samme Xabi Alonso som samme Rafa Benitez prøvede at skibe af til Juventus sidste år - for at kunne købe den samme Gareth Barry som nu skal høre for at være skiftet til en anden klub for 'crazy money'? Du godeste for en hykler.Don't forget we signed Alonso from Real Sociedad when nobody knew about him and we renewed his contract two years ago, so he was happy then, and you know what happened with Mascherano at West Ham before we brought him here. Both players owe a lot to Liverpool. They owe Liverpool some loyalty and they both know that.
mvh,
-smølle