Real Madrid director of sport
Jorge Valdano believes it will be incredibly difficult to land
Liverpool midfielder Xabi
Alonso.
"It is always complicated to sign players, even though it may
not seem like it by how fast we've signed Kaka and Cristiano
Ronaldo," he told Radio Marca and Onda
Cero.
"With regards to Xabi Alonso, Liverpool made an announcement on Sunday and it
seems to me they don't want to sell him, so it will be hard for him
to end up playing here.
"I've always liked him, since my first time at
Real Madrid. I did a massive
effort to bring him here a few years back, we met with Real
Sociedad but when I left the deal slipped into the background.
"Liverpool valued him at
18million euros last year because he wasn't an essential player.
But he is now. They've given him more chances to play and he has
responded magnificently."