I was happy on that side but within a club you have to see the big picture and another season would have been too much for me. Live Sports Communication error please reload the page. To help make this website better, to improve and personalize your experience and for advertising purposes, are you happy to accept cookies and other technologies. Communication error please reload the page. Football Results Today Fixtures. Results Today Fixtures. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix December Xabi Alonso reveals why Rafa Benitez got rid of him at Liverpool.
Darragh Murphy. Rafa Benitez's decision to part ways with Xabi Alonso in is one that is still lamented by Liverpool supporters. The club captain at the time, Steven Gerrard, went on to write in his autobiography how he felt:. Young girl who got Ronaldo's shirt after Portugal game receives fine.
I'm up for that! Why did he have to continue the fight with Xabi? He had won the initial battle by getting the upturn in his form. They proved that the same summer when not letting Javier Mascherano join Barcelona. But the writing was on the wall for Xabi and things were never really the same after he left.
Readers of Marca voted him into their La Liga team of the season and he was also nominated for Spain's midfielder of the season award. He would go on to spend five seasons at the club, helping the club to win La Decima in his final campaign in Spain, before leaving to join Bayern Munich in Surprisingly for a player of his pedigree, Carragher also revealed that when Benitez first considered selling Alonso at the end of his first season with the club, to replace him with Gareth Barry, only two clubs were interested in signing him.
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