7) Xabi Alonso (Liverpool to Real Madrid)
Another highly influential midfielder that Liverpool sadly lost to the big-money of Spanish football was Xabi Alonso, who left Anfied for a £30m move to Real Madrid in 2009 as part of the club’s mammoth spending spree that summer. Alonso has maintained his reputation as one of the best midfielders in the world since moving to the Bernabeu, helping the club to the La Liga title in 2011/12 and the Champions League in 2013/14, despite cruelly missing the final victory over Atletico Madrid through suspension.
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