10 Players Relieved They Didn't Sign For Liverpool

10. Gabriel Heinze

Gabriel Heinze treated the summer of 2007 playing the role of a star-crossed lover, pining for the Champions League finalists in Merseyside. Having fallen down the pecking order at Old Trafford, the Argentine left-back was well within his rights to seek pastures new, but threatening to take his employers to court to force through a move to their fiercest rivals was not the smartest move for his PR. Heinze was understandably vilified and harangued by sections of the Red Devil support, who couldn€™t accept the €˜treacherous€™ and €˜cantankerous€™ actions, as he effectively erased his cult hero status at the club. However, following the 29 year old€™s decision to bring the case to a Premier League arbitration panel, the case was thrown out - leaving the Argentine in an extremely uncomfortable position with the clock ticking down towards the close of the transfer window. Luckily for the ill-advised left-back, he was rescued from a campaign of inevitable hell at Old Trafford by the illustrious giants of the Santiago Bernabeu as Manchester United accepted a bid from Real Madrid for his services. Liverpool would fail to scale the heights of their European success again, while Heinze would add a La Liga winners€™ medal and a Supercopa de Espana to his collection during a brief but enjoyable two-year stint in Spain.
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