Real Madrid beat Liverpool in race to sign Heinze

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Real offered £1.5m more than Lyon and, if he passes a medical today, he will sign a four-year deal worth 4m euros (about £2.75m) a year.

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Spain reign: Gabriel Heinze heads to Real rather than Liverpool

Heinze, 29, said: "It has been complicated. I am convinced my move to Anfield would have worked out and I believe I had a case and needed to defend my rights — it's not a crime — but it hasn't worked out. I am grateful for what Rafa Benitez said and tried to do."

It was revealed yesterday that, at the Premier League hearing, Crystal Palace chief executive Phil Alexander said his club had been approached with a proposal to secure Heinze's move to Liverpool by initially transferring him to Palace.

But Heinze added: "I didn't want more controversy with Sir Alex Ferguson. It is logical now for me to make this jump. I always said I wanted to leave for one of the big clubs in Europe and Real are one of those."