I don't really rate Alex. Sure, he's got a powerful freekick on him, but defensively he does make quite a few mistakes (although he'd still be better than Djourou, Koscielny and Squillaci) I saw him against WBA and he was to blame for their goal, getting intercepted by Long and lacking the pace to catch up with him. Not really the sort of defender we should be looking for, which probably means we're interested.