Real want Alonso deal sorted out in the next fortnight
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SPAIN MIDFIELDER WANTED
Real to set deadline on signing Alonso
Alonso: Yet to return to Liverpool training after participation in the Confederations Cup
Real Madrid are believed to want any move for Liverpool's Xabi Alonso sorted out in the next fortnight. The Spanish giants, who have yet to make an official bid for the midfielder, have set a time limit on their interest, according to sources close to the Bernabeu club.
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez, having tied one midfielder, Yossi Benayoun, to a new two-year contract extension, will now be expected to decide Alonso's future before the player returns for pre-season training on July 19.
That is the day before Liverpool fly to the Far East for games against Thailand and Singapore.
Alonso has been given an extra fortnight's holiday along with his fellow Spain team-mates who have been playing in the Confederations Cup - Fernando Torres, Jose Reina, Alvaro Arbeloa and Albert Riera.
Real Madrid insiders believe that the club's new coach Manuel Pellegrino will want to move on to other holding midfield targets if a deal for Alonso cannot be tied up within two weeks.
But as far as Benitez is concerned, any doubts about Benayoun's future have been dispelled following speculation that he would also be interested in a move away from Anfield.
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