Is Fergie Breaching Heinze's human right to Move to Liverpool--I don't think so, do you?
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by Jgiuffra
Sir Alex Ferguson and out of favour Argentinean left-back Gabriel Heinze sat down yesterday to discuss Gabby’s desire to ply his trade at United’s arch rivals Liverpool next season. I'm sure there was more than a little spit flying in that exchange.
It has been widely reported that Heinze was told that as long as a club agreed to pay his full valuation rate—around £6.8 mil—he would be free to move this summer despite the fact that he has 2 years to run on his current deal at United. Heinze was upset that he was unable to regain his place in the starting line-up after returning from injury last season. Patrice Evra's forward play and competent defence were enough to keep the talented Argentinean on the bench.
Inter Milan and Real Madrid seemed to be interested earlier in the summer, but thought the price-tag was a bit high. It looked as if Gabby might stay at Old Trafford when Liverpool came in with an asking price offer for the left-back three weeks ago. United immediately rebuffed the offer saying the player was not for sale to the Merseysiders at any price. Heinze was enraged by this and retained Liverpool’s legal team to fight his case in the courts. You can probably imagine the shade of red Fergie’s complexion took after hearing this choice bit of information.
This leads to the money question, is it worse to keep a player who wants to leave so badly or to renege on a signed contract made in good faith? It also begs the question of if any modern day sports contract is worth the paper its printed on when a player can force his way out of it when some tough competition arrives.
The saddest part of this whole tale is if Fergie blocks the move and Heinze stays, the Argentinean will be despised by the United faithful for flirting with our scouse enemies. Either way, I would be very surprised to see Heize in United’s starting 11 ever again.
