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Liverpool/Manchester United: Gabriel Heinze is unlikely to be the next Phil ChisnallIn 1964, Liverpool paid £25,000 to Manchester United (managed by Sir Matt Busby, a former Anfield player) for their inside-right Phil Chisnall.
The switch did not prove a fruitful one for Chisnall who made only a handful of appearances for Liverpool before going on to give good service to Southend United.
His move was the first transfer between Liverpool and Manchester United since the war but few may have thought that 43 years later no other player would have made a direct move from Old Trafford to Anfield or vice versa.
Players have appeared for both clubs of course after moving somewhere else in the interim (Paul Ince being the most high-profile example) but not too many.
In fact the closest anyone has come to emulating Chsinall is Welsh striker Ramon Calliste.
Released by United in the summer of 2005, he then impressed in a trial for Liverpool and was given a one-year deal although he left Merseyside when that expired and at the time of writing is again a free agent after being freed by Scunthorpe United.
All of which makes the recent newspaper speculation about a potential move to Liverpool for Gabriel Heinze all the more surprising.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was reported to be 'horrified' at the stories linking the Argentine with Anfield while Liverpool themselves played down the reports.
It is extremely unlikely that Heinze will be plying his trade at Anfield next season. Manchester United would surely never sanction such a move (even if Liverpool's interest is genuine) and for all the talk of invoking FIFA rules to buy-out his contract, that aspect of the transfer market is shrouded in uncertainty, especially for players looking to move clubs within the same country.
Udinese goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis for instance is hoping to become the first Italian player to cancel his contract under Article 17 of the FIFA transfer regulations as he is over the age of 28 and has been with his club for two years (players under the age of 28 can buy-out their contract if they have been with a club for three years).
The 30-year-old Sunderland target however cannot sign for another Italian club for 12 months even if successful and the same restriction would apply to Heinze (although conceivably that could be challenged by any player who wanted to join another club in the same country).
The legal moves surrounding Andy Webster's move from Hearts to Wigan show how murky the waters are with regards to players breaking their contracts. FIFA ordered the Scotland defender to pay £625,000 to Hearts for leaving the club early but he now faces a civil action from the Edinburgh side, who want a figure closer to £4m.
So the 43-year wait for a direct transfer between Manchester United and Liverpool could go on for some time yet.
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