League confirm Heinze hearing

By Graeme Bailey   Last updated: 7th August 2007

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Scudamore: Hearing confirmed

I think it'll all be resolved before the end of the transfer window. All parties want it resolved quickly. The machinery is in place to do that.

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Premier League chief Richard Scudamore has confirmed they will hear the Gabriel Heinze case.

However, he has played down talk of a specially convened panel, revealing it will be the board of the Premier League that are to look at the on-going saga involving Heinze, Manchester United and Liverpool.

United are refusing to let Heinze join Liverpool and the player is now calling on the Premier League to resolve the issue, with the hope they will give him the green-light to move from Old Trafford to Anfield.

Board not panel

"Everyone gets the phrases mixed-up a little bit," Scudamore explained on Sky Sports News.

"Quite frankly a normal club or player dispute comes before the Board of the Premier League.

"As often we do appoint a different person to hear rather than myself. Therefore I won't be sitting on that one."

Result soon

Scudamore thinks the case will be heard soon.

"I think it'll all be resolved before the end of the transfer window," he continued.

"All parties want it resolved quickly. The machinery is in place to do that."

He also insisted that the board ruling on such a matter was not an unusual occurrence.

"We do this all the time. Often player disputes, if you look through our board minutes, any board meeting, we're dealing with various club/player disputes," he concluded.

"We do these five, six, seven, eight times every month. It's not a new unique thing. It's high-profile, it's two high-profile clubs and a high-profile player."