With Liverpool close to signing Gareth Barry from Aston Villa, Alonso, 26, is preparing to go to Italy.
Under orders: Xabi Alonso catches an earful from Spain coach Luis Aragones, during a training session in Las Rozas, just outside of Madrid
His representative Inaki Ibanez is expected to hammer out the terms of a five-year deal.
The Spain midfielder, who was settled in Liverpool, had hoped for an offer from his native country but only Barcelona and Real Madrid can afford him.
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