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Would he come to play 2nd to gerrard as they both play the same role now and I doubt BR has the balls to drop Stevie

And Marko if he was still good enough for Real they wouldn't be selling him?

Yes, because his attributes are beggining to decline but that doesnt mean they aren't still good. They would rather get 3 mil now than nothing later. He would be a good addition, i have no doubts.

As far as taking the place of a young english player, it's true, but sadly i don't see any young british player who could get the job done as well as him.

Allen was bought to be the next generation player in MF we desperately needed and still do. Not looking like he will be close to the quality necessary for this club to push on.

We are bang in trouble in MF and Rogers needs to de-personalaise the error quickly if he has the finances and try again.

Alonso at 3 million could do a job but he is not a week in week out answer by any stretch on this one.

I don't see why not, fella has been playing non stop top class football with madrid and spain for years. suddenly he isn't a weekly option for a team that southampton made mince meat of.

alonso would be world class every week. totally change our mentality and that off the opposition we play. can't see southhampton pushing so high on us when alonso can knock a ball over the top like he can.

Don't feel the guy is quick enough EMP and even in 2009 he struggled for pace which Rogers' complete game is centred on. Also considering his age he will be a stop gap player which I thought FSG fainted at the suggestion of.

If Rogers has lost the bottle to try and find a younger player with greater energy and pace then fair enough, otherwise we should keep looking.

I mentioned Henderson because that is who he would replace, we already have a dm in Lucas, Alonso isn't a DM we need anyway, isn't his philosophy not to tackle. It's pretty obvious that our 3 midfielders would be Lucas sitting in front of the defence with Alonso and Gerrard in front of him.

Where does that leave the likes of Allen, Henderson and other youngsters trying to break through. It means yet another foreign obstacle in the way.

So far since Rodgers has joined the club, 12 British players have been sold, 7 of which were academy prospects. He's only signed 2 British players and one loanee. Meanwhile 10 foreign players have been signed with 2 loanee's as well.

If you look at the best Premier League teams over the years, that isn't how you do it.

If you look at the best premier league teams you'll notice very few have young british prospects playing for them as starters, bar Arsenal...

Chelsea, City, Tottenham....united have Cleverley. The rest are not young british prospects.

Unfortunately, Britain lacks young talented players. There are a few about but as the performances of the English national squads at U21 level and younger have shown, they aren't of the same quality as their foreign counterparts. It's unfortunate but true.

Key term you seem to have missed - over the years. look at the best Premier League squads in the past and they all have a solid British core.