Heinze

Yoo said he couldn't join another rival club. top four i assume. he said he could. they said he couldn't. they won. he didn't. he's off to Madrid. We're relieved.

sidenote. good to hear from Luis a letter from Luis Garcia

Its (allegedly) nowdays written into most top flight clubs players contracts that they are not allowed to move between DOMESTIC rivals, this doesn't mean he wont leave Real in 6 months for Anfield though.

I agree, but If your employer pays you £80K a WEEK im sure they can do pretty much anything!

whens the first match???

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/6962016.stm

King John Honest John wrote:

whens the first match???

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/6962016.stm

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!

Ferguson, who is expecting Owen Hargreaves to play against Tottenham today after missing the England friendly in midweek, also turned his guns on Gabriel Heinze's representatives, and agents in general, after the defender moved to Real Madrid last week when his proposed move to Liverpool was ruled out.

'Agents just want to make money, and what has just happened was the culmination of a drip, drip effect that has been going on all the time,' Ferguson said. 'We looked after Gabby, we signed him and let him play in the Olympics, which meant he only started playing for us in the October. Then after one year at the club his agent asked us to sell him. He then had a bad injury, was rushed back to play in the World Cup, came back to us unfit and we had to rehabilitate him all over again.

'We liked the lad, but I don't think he knew what was being asked on his behalf. He was given a solid financial package but we were soon being asked to make him the best-paid player at Old Trafford. I don't necessarily blame the player, I don't think he was being told the truth half the time, but this whole business of dealing with agents is getting ridiculous. We are presently looking into Liverpool's role in the affair, too. It's too early to say whether we will be asking the FA to investigate that, but it's a possibility.'

Doesn't mince his words, does he?

El Jarvo wrote:

Steve One wrote: Its (allegedly) nowdays written into most top flight clubs players contracts that they are not allowed to move between DOMESTIC rivals, this doesn't mean he wont leave Real in 6 months for Anfield though.

Again though, that sort of contract would surely be torn up in a court of law? You can't tell people where they work once they've left your employment? Might take some time, however, the legal process, so guess Heinze had to, basically, just take the first job he was offered! Er, which turned up to be Real! Lucky him.

I dunno my "real job" (read not football) says that I can't work for a competitor for 12 months after I leave here.

It's pretty standard stuff

Chrissy wrote:

El Jarvo wrote:

Steve One wrote: Its (allegedly) nowdays written into most top flight clubs players contracts that they are not allowed to move between DOMESTIC rivals, this doesn't mean he wont leave Real in 6 months for Anfield though.

Again though, that sort of contract would surely be torn up in a court of law? You can't tell people where they work once they've left your employment? Might take some time, however, the legal process, so guess Heinze had to, basically, just take the first job he was offered! Er, which turned up to be Real! Lucky him.

I dunno my "real job" (read not football) says that I can't work for a competitor for 12 months after I leave here.

It's pretty standard stuff

Ditto, I can't work for a direct competitor within a 20 mile radius, for something like 4 months. Dont think the company would enforce it at my level, but its there in case