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Juventus director general Jean-Claude Blanc has flown to Liverpool with the intention of signing Xabi Alonso.
All three major sports newspapers in the peninsula today lead with the Old Lady’s interest in the Spaniard and a deal could be on the horizon.
Having virtually wrapped up the signature of Amauri from Palermo, the Italian giants have turned to landing a quality midfielder and Alonso seems to be their man.
The classy playmaker has been associated with the Bianconeri in the past and they have revived their interest following Champions League qualification.
Stories suggest that Blanc has held talks with the Anfield management and little separates the clubs seeing as Juve have offered £11m and the Reds want £14m.
Further talks for the 26-year-old will reportedly take place next week, but confidence is high that a deal could be done after Juve signed Momo Sissoko from the Premiership side in January.
However, it’s unclear whether the Spanish international, tied to Liverpool until 2012, is willing to leave his present side.
"At the moment I am with Liverpool, I have a contract with Liverpool and I want to be at Liverpool,” he told skysports.com recently.
"I have been surprised and very disappointed to read that I want to leave Liverpool. The people who write these things have clearly not done very rigorous research."
Juventus do need fresh faces in midfield as flops Sergio Almiron and Tiago Mendes are set to be sold after failing to settle in Turin.
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I havent seen much of him, other than the odd CL game, but he seem's to be rated highly.