otroški nogometni dresi In between his role as a pundit for Sky Sports and trolling people on Twitter, Jamie Carragher writes a Friday night column for the Daily Mail.The former Liverpool defender had plenty to say about Xabi Alonso this week in the wake of his former teammate’s announcement that he is to retire from the game.The Spaniard has enjoyed a glittering career and although he started at Real Sociedad, he really made his name at Liverpool.
He was apart of the side that completed the original best comeback in Champions League history back in 2005 when the Reds came from 3-0 down against AC Milan to draw 3-3 and win the whole competition on penalties.Since then, he has won both the European Championships and the World Cup with Spain and has won countless titles with both Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.However, three years on from the miracle in Istanbul, then-boss Rafa Benitez wanted to sell Alonso and bring in Gareth Barry.Former Liverpool defender Carragher revealed in his column last night that an English club was hoping to pick him up if the deal came to fruition and explained Benitez’s motivations behind the move.”He was a strong character, loved by the fans, so when Benitez wanted to sell him in 2008 there was uproar and there was an episode during a pre-season game with Lazio at Anfield when the Kop sang ‘You can stick your Gareth Barry up your a***’ about his potential replacement.
“Rafa’s intention was to offload Xabi for £30million and buy Barry for half that price.”The appeal of Barry was that he was English and could play in two or three positions. But, believe it or not, only Juventus and Arsenal were keen to take Xabi.”In 2009, one year later, nogometni dresi za otroke ronaldo Rafa would get his wish and Real Madrid stumped up the £30million he was after. As they say, the rest is history.