RAFA Benitez has lined up Athletic Bilbao midfielder Javi Martinez as a long-term replacement for Xabi Alonso. (Daily Mirror)Martinez is regarded as one of the best prospects in Spain.
RAFA Benitez has lined up Athletic Bilbao midfielder Javi Martinez as a long-term replacement for Xabi Alonso. (Daily Mirror)
Martinez is regarded as one of the best prospects in Spain. And Bilbao, who have the 20-year-old under contract until 2012, want around �10m.
But Liverpool boss Benitez wants to thrash out a cut-price deal.
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