Liverpool boss Benitez drops Xabi price for Real Madrid move

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez are ready to compromise over the sale of Xabi Alonso to Real Madrid.

The Daily Mail says Alonso's move to the Bernabeu has dragged on through the summer, with Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez demanding £35million and Real offering £25m for the Spain midfielder.

However, now the clubs are now only £5m apart in their negotiations and are expected to agree on a price of just under £30m in the next 48 hours.

The 27-year-old will be reunited with his Anfield team-mate Alvaro Arbeloa, who completed his £3.5m move to Real on Wednesday after passing a medical in Spain.