Charlie Adam is another, who it has been mentioned could finally fill the space left by Alonso, but he was quick to play down these comments. It is tough for every central midfielder who comes to the club because of the quality that went before. Adam is an excellent passer of the ball, with great vision, but he was quick to state that he is not another Alonso, he’s his own man. This is a new Liverpool, with new players, and under Dalglish it seems that it is time to stop looking back to what the side had in Alonso and finally move on.
It seems that the time is right now to forget the past and look forward to the future, Liverpool now have an exciting team with talented players who will play in a different style which could be every bit as effective as Alonso once was. Somebody needs to step up to the plate in the middle of the park, and make the role their own, so that the loss of Alonso becomes a distant memory.
There is huge pressure on anybody going to step into central midfield, because of the quality that has gone before, but these players need to be their own men and they need to make the role their own, so Liverpool can finally move on from the loss of Alonso for good.
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Alonso believed his own hype and was average at best in his second and third year. That’s why Rafa tried to get rid of him. He only upped his game on the forth year so he could get to Madrid. Stop trying to create a ‘legend’ cause he’s not one!!
Although I like Alonso and never wanted him to be sold, I have to agree with @Prole. People also tend to forget that any club that expressed an interested in Xavi wouldn’t meet Rafa’s valuation of £7 millon, stating that it was far to high, hence he stayed with us (we now have a similar situation with Aquaman).
Liverpool did offer him a new and improved contract based on his final year but he chose to move to Madrid.
We are supposed to be the most knowledgable fans in football but sometimes it would appear that we do have short momories or selective recall.