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Alonso is due to travel to Vienna on Sunday, along with the rest of Liverpool’s Spanish contingent, to join up with the rest of the squad heading from the Austrian capital to the Far East for two matches against Thailand and Singapore.
But the Spaniard has set his sights on his future being sorted out before the weekend.
With Alonso heading for the exit, Benitez is ready to redouble his efforts to persuade Argentinian Javier Mascherano to stay at Anfield.
The Liverpool manager intimated towards the end of last season that the Argentina captain would be given a new contract this summer, and that is now a matter of urgency for Benitez with Barcelona having turned the player’s head with talk of a move during the transfer window.
