Liverpool midfielder Xabi
Alonso wants a move to Real
Madrid not to be drawn out.
Xabi has reportedly told his agent he wants his future resolved
by July 19.
The Liverpool midfielder, who
has been on international duty with Spain at the Confederations Cup
in South Africa, met his representative Inaki Ibanez immediately
after flying back to Madrid yesterday.
Real Madrid hope to sign the
27-year-old, but face a determined effort by Anfield boss Rafael
Benitez to keep him.
Alonso went straight to lunch with Ibanez at Madrid's Hotel
Melia Barajas after getting off a 10-hour flight from
Johannesburg.
The former Real Sociedad player is said to be keen on a move to
the Bernabeu and, after the meeting, told Spanish newspaper
AS: "I don't know what will happen. The clubs now have to
negotiate."
