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Alvaro Arbeloa, who has left Liverpool to return to Real Madrid on a 6-million-euro deal, is now the highest rated defender at the Bernabeu with an overall FTBL rating of 108.86 points.

Speculation continues to swirl around a potential deal between Real Madrid and Liverpool involving Dutch international Wesley Sneijder and Spanish playmaker Xabi Alonso (pictured right). The combinations invoked in such a potential deal are many, despite

A move to Liverpool for Bayern Munich’s France international Franck Ribery (pictured) would add a powerful figure in the heart of the Reds’ midfield as the playmaker’s FTBL rating indicates.

Liverpool’s Argentine midfielder Javier Mascherano, who is reportedly being pursued by Barcelona, currently has an FTBL rating of 130.32 points, second only to Lionel Messi among Argentinean players, but a move to join the Catalans could end with him

Liverpool’s Xabi Alonso (pictured left), who scored the winner for Spain against hosts South Africa in the game for the 3rd place in the Confederations Cup has returned in the elite of English Premier League midfielders.