弄明白了.这个28岁以下是指在签约时是28岁以下,那么还真是符合条件呢. 泰晤士报的原文 Heinze may exploit new ruling to buy his way out Oliver Kay Defender able to invoke Fifa clause Other players could follow suit Gabriel Heinze, the Manchester United defender, could become one of the first Barclays Premiership players to “buy out” his contract by invoking a little-known clause in Fifa’s new transfer regulations. Under the legislation, the Argentina defender will be entitled to serve 15 days’ notice on his contract in June and to join any one of his suitors in France, Italy or Spain, with United receiving a compensation fee of about £6 million. Numerous leading players could be in a position to exploit the ruling in the summer, such as John Terry, Ricardo Carvalho and Frank Lampard at Chelsea, Xabi Alonso and Luis García at Liverpool and Gilberto Silva at Arsenal. But, while all of those are likely to be offered new contracts in the coming months, Heinze, frustrated by his lack of first-team opportunities this season, is understood to be giving serious thought to serving notice on his contract unless the club agree to sell him. Under Fifa regulations, a contract ceases to be “protected” after a period of three years if the player was under 28 when he signed. At that point he or, more realistically, another club may “buy out” the contract at 15 days’ notice, provided that a compensation fee is paid to the club owning his registration. The only precedent involves Andy Webster, the Scotland defender, who was given permission by Fifa to leave Heart of Midlothian to join Wigan Athletic in September. His transfer fee has yet to be set by a Fifa tribunal, but Hearts, who valued him at £2 million, are expected to receive a far smaller sum, which is likely to equate to the estimated £250,000 he would have earned in the final year of his contract at Tynecastle. In Heinze’s case, with two years remaining on his contract, the fee would be closer to £6 million. Heinze, 28, has struggled to regain his first-team place from Patrice Evra since returning from a knee-ligament injury and is also aware of Sir Alex Ferguson’s interest in Gareth Bale, the 17-year-old Southampton left back. With Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain having confirmed their interest in his services, Heinze has indicated that he will review his options in the summer. “I know there is interest from AC Milan for me, but now the decision remains with Manchester United,” Heinze said. “I have a contract signed until June 2007 and I do not want to go anywhere in January. I want to wait until June to see what happens. I have a lot of other options in European clubs for the next season.” Those remarks baffled Ferguson, who confessed to have “dived for my file” upon reading that the player’s contract expires in June. “I was sure that wasn’t right,” the United manager said. “We don’t let these things happen. It’s 2009 (that his contract expires).” Although the contract has more than two years to run, it will cease to be “protected” in June, the third anniversary of his arrival from PSG. Unless Heinze signs a new deal before June, which is unlikely, he is expected to pursue a move. Another United player attracting covetous glances is Giuseppe Rossi, the Italy Under-21 forward, who rejoined Parma on loan last week. The 19-year-old is highly regarded by United, but his agent, Andrea Pastorello, has cited interest from Barcelona, Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus and AS Roma. Rafael Benítez, the Liverpool manager, has signalled his willingness to discuss new contracts with Alonso and García, who are approaching the end of the “protected” periods of their contracts at Anfield. Both could leave for fees in the region of £6 million in August, but the Merseyside club are planning to open talks with their representatives imminently. |