Transfers - Gossip Shop: Heinze to Liverpool

Eurosport - Wed, 19 Nov 19:24:00 2008

Age does not seem to have dimmed Sir Alex Ferguson's anger. On the contrary, he has matured into one of the grumpiest old men imaginable.

FOOTBALL Gabriel Heinze / Foto EFE - 0

Just yesterday he received a two-match touchline ban for coating referee Mike Dean in phlegm and spittle after Manchester United beat Hull.

And his face could turn a deeper shade of purple when he finds out what Liverpool have got up their sleeve.

You may remember last year, when United went out of their way not to sell Gabriel Heinze to their North-West rivals, off-loading him to Real Madrid instead.

Rafa Benitez has tried to fill the gap at left-back with several players, most recently Andrea Dossena, and all have been rubbish.

Real Madrid are in a state of civil war, with their players looking to jump ship like sailors on an oil tanker in Somali waters.

Consequently, Benitez has switched to his original target and is out to liberate Heinze from his Bernabeu hell. Or something.

Whatever, Fergie's reaction should be worth watching if Liverpool manage to move the Argentinian back into his old house in Cheshire.

Giovanni Trapattoni rates Shay Given. He has made him Republic of Ireland captain and reckons he is as good as Gianluigi Buffon.

Good news for Newcastle, right? Well, no. Trap has once again been singing Given's praises to Italy's big guns.

Milan are known to be in the market for a keeper, and Given might be keeping David Beckham company in the new year if the Serie A giants stump up £8m.

Yossi Benayoun is wanted by Spartak Moscow, Manchester City and Ajax, and Liverpool could let him leave for £6m.

Bad news for City, though - he wants to learn a new language and Mancunian doesn't count. Italian, French and Russian do. Russian, in this case, meaning roubles.

Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate is a massive Bangles fan. How else to explain his pursuit of a third Egyptian - Al Alhy's Emad Meteb, who nearly signed for Everton in the summer?

Other Egyptians who could be on the move are Hosny Abd-Rabbo and Ahmed El-Muhammadi, both of whom could sample the unique delights of a trial at Blackburn Rovers.

Fulham and West Bromwich Albion are on the trail of Lech Poznan's Bosnian international midfielder Semir Stelic, who can be procured for £1.6m.

Alex Chick / Eurosport

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  1. shay given is a republican legend. Love to see him in a­ celtic jersey BRITS OUT

    From johnnydromid, on Thu 20 Nov 11:10PM

  2. THE TRUTH IS LIVERPOOL DEFENCE IS BETTER THAN­ MANU,GONERS AND CHELSKI .. THAT'S WHY UNCLE RED­ NOSE AFRAID TO SOLD HEINZE TO LIVERPOOL ... CAN YOU­ IMAGINE THE HARD SOLID LIVERPOOL DEFENCE ..­ SKRTEL,CARRAGHER,AGGER AND HEINZE .. THIS TYPE OF­ DEFENCE WOULD KICK DROGBA,ANELKA,WALCOTT,ROONEY,RONALDO­ @#$% SO EASY .. BELIEVE ME

    From azhanm, on Thu 20 Nov 10:23PM

  3. @LIN H, What makes a team is not just one player, you­ are correct, but in anotheer sense you are wrong,­ Liverpool have a great team and what makes a team great­ is victories. To put it simply, 2-1. And no, It is not­ by any means over yet, MU could still have something in­ them, but for the meanwhile keep your trap shut. You­ are in no position to make such comments, when you­ can't even produce a comeback to Liverpool 2-1­ Manchester United.

    From clivewilliamson, on Thu 20 Nov 8:40PM

  4. Kearn 42 you are a stupid person if you think Shay­ Given isn,t a great goalkeeper.The guys brilliant­ Ireland would be destroyed without him.And the irish­ are definately not stupid,I've lived here 4 a long­ time and you must be the dumpest person ever.

    GO ON­ SHAY GIVEN

    From NicolasA, on Thu 20 Nov 6:03PM

  5. if for one minute shay giver(n) goal away thinks he,s­ any better than the english keepers around, then no­ wonder the irish are known to be stupid, stevie wonder­ is better than shay giver goal.

    From anthony, on Thu 20 Nov 5:40PM

  6. Yossi Benayoun is wanted by Spartak Moscow, Manchester­ City and Ajax, and Liverpool could let him leave for­ £6m.

    Bad news for City, though - he wants to learn a­ new language and Mancunian doesn't count. Italian,­ French and Russian do.

    So Ajax is now in FRANCE??????­ Or is it ITALY

    From Kealan M, on Thu 20 Nov 3:35PM

  7. 84..ITS NOT OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS...SO DON'T­ HOLD YOUR BREATH.

    From L H, on Thu 20 Nov 3:02PM

  8. Oh Play us another one will ya.. I'm getting bored­ of all Utd's comments about us... top of the league­ sorry Joint top of the league.. Looks like our TEAM is­ doing something right.. 8 pts behind..? Its gonna be­ cold this winter I tell ya...!!!!

    From stephen, on Thu 20 Nov 2:35PM

  9. Let liverpool have who they want...what they don't­ have is a team..one player does not make a team, and­ they will ner be as good as UTD!!!

    From L H, on Thu 20 Nov 1:32PM

  10. Just to set the record straight for all the idiots on­ here who think I'm British...I'm not, I'm­ Irish and proud of it. I was born in Lifford, County­ Donegal, Republic of Ireland. This, for your­ information, is not Britain, Great Britian or the UK. I­ have an Irish passport, I use Euros when I'm home­ seeing the family and my national anthem does not­ mention the Queen. The only reason I play in the­ Premiership is the fact that they pay good wages and­ that jobs are readily available due to the poor­ standard of your goalkeeping talent.

    From shaygiven, on Thu 20 Nov 1:29PM

  11. he never really had a great time at old­ trafford...coming back to england won't make no­ difference...worst at liverpull!
    benitez u are signing­ a failure! ask fergie

    From Kibet, on Thu 20 Nov 1:25PM

  12. Why does everyone think sir Alex gives a @#$% if Heinze­ moves to Liverpool?? His got the best left back in­ premiership ... Patrice Evra ....
    Heinze was a good­ player at first but Evra was simply better... I liked­ watching Heinze's expressions .. he was a funny guy­ ..lol

    From Soroush, on Thu 20 Nov 1:09PM

  13. heinze for liverpool.

    From muhilraj, on Thu 20 Nov 12:49PM

  14. Heinz for Liverpool- along with all the other hasbeans

    From TomCat, on Thu 20 Nov 12:10PM

  15. heinze for liverpool.

    From wendy, on Thu 20 Nov 9:40AM

  16. post 61 - get a life, you sad piece of work.
    Why such­ foul language? You are pathetic, the type who probably­ has already earned a life pitch ban somewhere.

    From yankeered9119, on Thu 20 Nov 9:28AM

  17. HEINZE TO LIVERPOOL ...WHAT A POWERFUL LEFT BACK ...­ LIVERPOOL DEFENCE WOULD BE MAGNIFICENT .. CHELSKI ,­ MANU AND GONERS COULD BE THINKING TWICE TO MAKE FUN OF­ LIVERPOOL ...

    From azhanm, on Thu 20 Nov 9:22AM

  18. Hey 'patff'. What age did you leave school ya­ little baby? Learn to speak, learn to spell, &­ learn to stop molesting your little sister, ya­ illiterate @#$%-jockey.

    From Matthew, on Thu 20 Nov 9:18AM

  19. to patff shay "the republican" given must be­ a good keeper cause why else would you bother to go to­ the trouble of writing about him and the reason he has­ won nothing is becauase he is one of the very few­ players that are loyal to theyre clubs who stick with­ them through the bad times he is a true role model for­ all

    From johnnydromid, on Thu 20 Nov 12:04AM
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    shay given is full of @#$%, talks about how many caps­ he's got. because he's got @#$% all else to­ show for his career. Its none of his business if­ S.Ireland does'nt want to play for Ireland, so Shay­ should shut the @#$% up about it

    From patff, on Wed 19 Nov 9:54PM
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