Missing out on Gab Heinze was a big loss.......

[MerseyCider]

Not good enough for the m*ncs so not good enough for us.

Next.

[Dan]

it was a loss no doubt about that....rafa was kinda naive even to the point of him coming out to say that heinze was in the bag. a real slap in the face for rafa i say. made him look like a complete fool when the whole deal went tits up. havent we not learnt from previous experience not to leave it till the very last bit to engineer a transfer.

I think Rafa was just trying to put pressure on the Mancs, nothing to do with any "we've got him" business

If that was the case why did Rafa not say that we'd definetly sign Masch 3 weeks before we got him?

Rafa was playing mind games IMO, just trying to get them to surrender Heinze because he knew that they'd take into consideration the Mascherano incident and how we managed to work that one out

[Rocket]

i told you all, Bale is going to be class, and this isn't just my Welsh bias this time

[MerseyCider]

Agreed.

Bale was born to wear the shirt. Was absolutely gutted that we didnt go in for him this summer.

[flyboy]

I think Rafa was just trying to put pressure on the Mancs, nothing to do with any "we've got him" business

If that was the case why did Rafa not say that we'd definetly sign Masch 3 weeks before we got him?

Rafa was playing mind games IMO, just trying to get them to surrender Heinze because he knew that they'd take into consideration the Mascherano incident and how we managed to work that one out

whether or not it was mind games the outcome has affected us. dont forget the ulfajlusi deal as well. it was a **** up.period

[thesilverfoxlfc]

Well the point in general is we needed another defender for cover and Gabby would of been great as he can cover left and centre back.

I hope we get Woodgate and Bale next summer

[AFII]

Heinze superb at heart of Real Madrid defence
tribalfooball.com - October 08, 2007

Gaby Heinze was outstanding for Real Madrid in yesterday's 2-0 defeat of Recreativo Huelva.

The Argentina international was superb alongside Fabio Cannavaro at the heart of Real's rearguard and is threatening to establish himself as the Italian's ideal defensive partner ahead of injured pair Pepe and Christoph Metzelder.

After the match, former Manchester United left-back Heinze said: "It doesn't matter where I play, whether at fullback or centre-half. The important thing is to have the confidence of the coach."

After hearing of Barcelona's 3-0 defeat of Atletico Madrid, he added: "This win keeps up at the top. I don't believe the title will be decided just by Real Madrid and Barcelona. There's still a long way to go this season."