Heinze is likely to be out for the rest of the domestic season but he is hoping to be back in time for the World Cup and he has been chivvied along by Diego Simeone.
'All my national team-mates have phoned me,' Gabby told the press ahead of Saturday’s
'I spent many years in the national side and there was one phone call in particular that really helped me, when Simeone called. Simeone told me he had exactly the same kind of injury as I do before the 2002 World Cup.’
'He told me not to pay attention to the comments that I may not return to play in the national team and that I may not even return to play. So I no longer ask myself when I am going to return to play and try not to get too anxious about things.’