Reds not signing Alves
Last updated : 04 June 2007 By Al Campbell
Alves was one of Rafael Benitez's top targets last season but the Reds refused to meet Sevilla's £12m valuation of the player. Although Liverpool have a bigger transfer budget this Summer the signings of Jermaine Pennant and Alvaro Arbeloa means Alves is no longer a priority.
"We've dropped our interest. Instead of him we signed Jermaine Pennant and okay, so he's a winger, but Alves plays very high up the pitch," said Liverpool's joint chief scout Eduardo Macia.
"We've also got Alvaro Arbeloa who can play in that position. In football you can never say never but at the moment we're not interested."
