HEINZE IS CERTAINLY NOT GOING ANFIELD

Capable Hands:

"On Monday night, we received a written offer and it was a significant offer. We've rejected that because it's Liverpool. We wouldn't sell to Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea. We gave an indication of the value to the player and we made it clear to the agent - not in the letter but in the meeting - that we wouldn't allow a sale to any of our domestic rivals. It's all subject to a contract anyway, so what does a letter mean?

"We haven't thought about [losing Heinze for no fee]," Gill said. "If that happens, that happens. That comes down to a difference in being a private company rather than a public company. If we were a public company, it might be a different decision, but we don't have some of those pressures now. We're not desperate to sell."