Buying Out Contracts

[Batman]

Heinze set to buy-out United contract to clinch Liverpool move

Gabriel Heinze is locked in a £6.8 million tug-of-war with Manchester United because they refuse to sell him to their bitter rivals Liverpool.

Anfield boss Rafa Benitez has been given the green light by the club's American owners to swoop for the Argentina defender.

But despite giving Heinze the all-clear to find a new club after losing his first-team spot to Patrice Evra last season, United have made it clear they have no intention of allowing him to move to Anfield.

Heinze is now weighing up whether to buy out the remaining two years of his Old Trafford contract in order to seal a dramatic switch down the M62 after admitting his desire to move to Liverpool.

New FIFA rules allow players to pay off the final two years of contracts and £65,000-a-week man Heinze knows it will cost him a whopping £6.8m to trigger his exit from United.

No player has moved between the clubs since the unheralded Phil Chisnall left Old Trafford for Anfield in 1964.

If the 29-year-old does buy out his contract, the Champions League finalists would then get Heinze on a free transfer, handing the player a hefty signing-on fee and salary package to compensate him for his United buy-out.

How ridiculous

[jmjhb]

Incredible. It might lead to civil war.

[warthog]

You got a source for that Batman? My understanding is that a player over 28 can buy out the last year of their contract, and even that's being challenged.

[Batman]

Source?

In a manner of speaking - the Daily Mail.

[communistworkethic]

see here for the rules......

[bw@bw]

see here for the rules......

a missing link?

[communistworkethic]

nah, just really really small font











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