Arbeloa seals Real deal but Alonso in limbo

ONE Liverpool player completed a transfer to Real Madrid yesterday, but Xabi Alonso’s wish to follow suit looks like going to the wire.

Liverpool are now expecting to see their want-away midfielder back at the club’s training ground today after a three-day break in San Sebastian with his family.

Alonso’s time back home in Spain would have seemed the ideal time to sort out his future once and for all, but the summer’s longest-running transfer saga is now likely to drag on further.