LIVERPOOL CLOSE ON HEINZE

Gabriel Heinze could become the first player to move between Manchester United and Liverpool in over 40 years.

Heinze is available for around £5million, although United are keen to offload the Argentine to Real Madrid rather than a domestic rival.

But Heinze is keen to remain in the Premier League and is keen on a switch to Anfield, according to the Daily Mail.

And the left-back could even scupper any resistance from United by buying out the last two years of his United contract for £4.5million, a fee he would recoup in a signing-on fee from Liverpool.

If Heinze does make the move, he'll become the first player since Phil Chisnall in 1964 to swap Old Trafford for Anfield.