or administrator i know of. I think it was more a matter of Xabi being old and not having many years left, plus there is some hangover from some of the internal club conflicts in the Mourinho years. I still think (hope?) they'll offload Khedira, since he has market value and is just much less important to the club than the other midfielders. RM will be fine without Khedira, but I worry about them without Xabi Alonso.