Dynamite
09-05-2008, 01:12 AM
LIVERPOOL have turned down a £25million Inter Milan bid for Steven Gerrard.
The Italian giants want to make him their main signing as they begin their centenary celebrations.
A top Inter official confirmed: “We need to make a big signing for next season and Gerrard was at the centre of our thoughts.
"Liverpool gave us the most emphatic response he was not for sale.
“We have drawn up a list of alternatives. But if Liverpool decide to sell, Gerrard is our top priority.”
It is not the first time Inter have tried to snatch the England midfielder.
Preliminary contact for the Kop skipper, 27, who has two years left on his current contract, was made during the Champions League second-round tie between the sides in February.
Juventus will make a £15m bid to tempt Xabi Alonso from Anfield this summer.
But they could face a battle with Barcelona, now Alonso fan Josep Guardiola has been confirmed as Nou Camp manager in place of axed Frank Rijkaard.
Link (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article1143159.ece)
The Italian giants want to make him their main signing as they begin their centenary celebrations.
A top Inter official confirmed: “We need to make a big signing for next season and Gerrard was at the centre of our thoughts.
"Liverpool gave us the most emphatic response he was not for sale.
“We have drawn up a list of alternatives. But if Liverpool decide to sell, Gerrard is our top priority.”
It is not the first time Inter have tried to snatch the England midfielder.
Preliminary contact for the Kop skipper, 27, who has two years left on his current contract, was made during the Champions League second-round tie between the sides in February.
Juventus will make a £15m bid to tempt Xabi Alonso from Anfield this summer.
But they could face a battle with Barcelona, now Alonso fan Josep Guardiola has been confirmed as Nou Camp manager in place of axed Frank Rijkaard.
Link (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article1143159.ece)