Jose Manuel Butragueno told calciomercato.com: "Two months ago I spoke with (Claudio) Ranieri. The coach told me they were looking for a player of his characteristics, but today they want Xabi Alonso of Liverpool - which I find incredible.

"Senna is better than Alonso, also with Spain he is in front of him.

"I think that the fact that interest has dampened is a political issue. Juventus prefers to pay twice more for a player worse than Senna."