villa would be a quality signing but i really cant see it happening, i dont see why people continue to talk about the likes off villa, aguero and silva when we cant afford either unless there is some truth in alonso going which i hope isnt the case. for me we should keep alonso at any cost, he was our star man last year, he keeps the team ticking over and when he doesnt play we lack quality in the middle of the park. he is instrumental in everything positive we do on the pitch. i bet torres doesnt want him to go even if it means lining up alongside villa. signing villa would free up gerrard to play in the alonso role but they are two totally different players, rafa likes his central midfielders to sit and protect the defence. if you ask gerrard to do that you may as well chop his legs off!