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"Heskey completes switch"

Emile Heskey has completed his £6.25 million move to Birmingham City by signing a five-year deal at St Andrews.

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I really couldn't be happier for Emile Heskey.

He's finally got away from Liverpool - well, Gerard Houllier, I should say! - in order to get-on with his playing career, once again.

We all know the lad's got real talent there - we saw it all at Leicester and he still does it for England today. At Liverpool, however, he's never really been given the right chances.


Steve Bruce is a man who knows what he needs - and, he'll give it to him. Birmingham's a good club. Not the biggest, but one the up, one step at a time. Linking up again with Robbie Savage and Muzzy Izzet should also benefit him.


All the best, Emile! :D
Another kick in the teeth for Liverpool. :P

Phillips and Beattie

Well, thanks to the millions of ignorant people out there who totally failed to acknowledge Heskey's incredible work rate, his time at Liverpool won't be remembered well.

However as a Liverpool fan...I'm so sad to see him go. 60 goals in 277 games doesn't tell the story...up front he and Owen were one of the best partnerships, if not THE best in the Premiership. Think about it.

Henry and...?

Van Nistelrooy and...?

No team in the Premiership has two regular top scores. Owen has always scored most of our goals, and a lot of these were certainly thanks to Heskey's strength and ability to hold the ball up as well as his work rate.

Farewell Emile...thanks for everything. :(

I'm not happy.
Tis a good buy for the blues.

I actually think that is a great signing for Birmingham. Heskey isn't as bad as people make out to be. He had 1 very bad season and people remember him for that.
                                                                         
Anything he does now won't make a difference. He's just the opposite to Rooney. Rooney had 1 very good season and now he's great, even though he's played crap for Everton this season.

I think it's a bad move for Liverpool players wise, but good money wise, providing it is spent well.

I think Birmingham might be becoming a top 6 side now. They are showing potential with the players they have bought/are buying in the past 2 seasons. Just hope they don't get Izzett on a free now, otherwise we'll have to snatch Savage away from them.

i think you're missing the vital fact that he's going for 3.5mil which could jump up to 6.5mil. i would have bought heskey for 3.5mil with any club. worth that atleast and i rate him quite well. if birmingham can get gronkjaer aswell, they could be big challengers. i think them and blackburn will be right up there next season. both have had horrible injury records this year.

I think Liverpool have done well to get that much for Heskey.

However, Stevie Bruce has the nack of getting the best out of average players and as there will be less pressure on Heskey now, he might just do well there.

It's funny that Sven rates Heskey highly yet Liverpool couldn't wait till the end of the season to get rid of him, the same goes for Alan Smith who is probabaly on everyone's wanted list yet he is still left behind by England.

This is a stroke of genius for the Liverpool board and also a complete joke in terms of the current market, especially when Alan Smith will only go for 5 million.

Maybe now that he's not at a big club, sven will stop picking him. Fat chance !

I think you may have slightly missed my point.