I believe rafa has been soo clever that he has outtwitted all the top 3 managers here, we have all been complaining that hes not signed any1 yet bla bla its 2 l8 but the matter of the fact is rafa has been very very clever.
We all no he has good knowledge of the spanish lge hence the speculation with malaga players for example alexis other players like alonso garica etc but the fact remains chelski have said they are not signing anymore players man u have spent all there cash so have arsenal so now Rafa knows he can get the men he wants wihtout getting into a bidding war with the likes of chelski and come on we all no who will win there!
I hate to say it but alonso has been wanted by arsenal, man u , real madrid and im sure if the bidding was earlier in the season chelski would have tried to get in on the action and the fact is liverpool would have been on the bottom of alonso's mind becuase we all no and i really hate 2 say it now but all of the teams mentioned have CURRRENTLY a better reputation than liverpool and can offer a better chance of instant sucess even tho im a very optmistic liverpool fan its true but im sure we will get there within 6 months or so and deffently by the end of this season.
So in my opinion rafa has been very clever and has left it l8 for this exact reason