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Alonso swap bid by Real
REAL MADRID are set to offer Spanish star Alvaro Negredo as part of a lucrative package to lure Xabi Alonso from Liverpool.
Negredo scored 19 goals for unfashionable Almeria in La Liga this season and Real are ready to invoke a £4.4million buy-back clause for the forward, who has spent two seasons with the Andalusia side.
However, Negredo, 23, will be presented to Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez as a makeweight in new president Florentino Perez’s move to sign Alonso.
Benitez knows he can ill-afford to take any risks in the transfer market and would probably prefer a straight cash deal of about £20million.
Liverpool could also look to land Juventus’s Paolo De Ceglie as part of a swap deal for Andrea Dossena, who has endured a difficult first season in England.