Rafa Benitez and supporters of Liverpool have enjoyed the unrest that has been caused to Manchester United since Benitez launched his audacious bid to bring Gabriel Heinze to Anfield, but Heinze is most definitely not what is needed at Anfield.
Benitez has always claimed that he wants to sign players who really want to play for the club, and Heinze most certainly fills that criteria because of his eagerness to make the short nightmare of a trip down the East Lancs Road, because of the hatred that would be shown to the player from the Manchester United faithful, but do we really want a man that has shown how low on his list of attributes loyalty is.
Heinze won the fan`s Player of the Year award in his first year at Old Trafford, so he has had the backing of the fans, and he is not a young immature player and has been at Old Trafford long enough to know the rivalry between these clubs and the trouble a move like this would cause. They backed him when he missed nearly a full season through injury, and was even made captain of the team for the final two games of the 2006/07 season, so this show`s that United have not treated him badly and have shown faith in him.
With his yearnings to pull on the famous red Jersey of Liverpool he has to know the hurt it causes the Old Trafford faithful and as a Liverpool supporter i would normally have no problem with that, but it has to be in the back of your mind when is he going to shaft the Liverpool faithful such is his low standards of loyalty to any cause.
Benitez has worked hard at building a squad which has respect and loyalty for the club and that he can trust and i would be shocked if he really did go through with this deal and brought in someone that could show such disloyalty, even if it was to our fiercest enemies. And it has to be remembered we are not Chelski, we are not so flush with money that we can waste it to annoy or stop other teams from getting those players.
I think all Liverpool supporters have had a little fun over this saga including myself, but the question is, is Heinze the best value for money we can get, 6.8 million for a 29 year old seems quiet a lot and if you add in the fact that he seems to be not the same player he was before his injury it seems too much money. There are other options out there, Leighton Baines seems a much better option despite being a life long Everton supporter, but that has never got in the way before.
At the beginning i think Rafa put the bid in as a distraction for Man Utd, but now its achieved what was intended, its time to move on and spend the money where it will bring back the most returns, and i really don't think Heinze is where that is. Juventus have shown they are willing to sign the player and if the player has brains he should grab that opportunity with both hands but somehow i think Heinze really is out to annoy Sir Alex at all costs after been told by the club who he could or could not sign for after having some sort of an agreement.
It all seems like another case of a pampered spoilt footballer not getting his own way, and do we really want that kind of attitude at Anfield.
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