'Heart don't need Neill apology'

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Sorry ... John Aloisi says Melbourne Heart will move on. Source: Salpigtidis George / News Limited

Melbourne Heart coach John Aloisi says he didn't need to hear Lucas Neill apologise for walking away from the club to join Sydney FC.

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Instead, Neill's former Socceroos teammate said Neill must have felt sorry for the way he treated the club and it was now time to move on as the two clubs meet in Melbourne next weekend.

The Socceroos captain was heavily linked to the Heart before deciding to join his hometown club at the last minute, saying money had nothing to do with the decision.

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Speaking on Fox Sports' Shootout, Aloisi said Neill must have felt he owed the Heart an explanation.

"I don't need an apology from anyone, it's up to the person themselves," he said.

"Obviously, he feels bad about something he said to us and I'm not going to get into it.

"All I can say is, at certain times, it's the way you conduct yourself."

Neill had been released by his UAE club, Al Wasl, a fortnight ago and trained with the Sky Blues for the first time on Sunday.

Instead of having Neill to combat the likes of Alessandro Del Piero and Joel Griffiths, Aloisi will have to plan how to shut the Socceroos captain down.

However, the on-field benefit wasn't the only reason the Heart wanted Neill, said the coach.

"We would have loved to have had Lucas on football terms," he said.

"He's a great footballer, he's been a great footballer for the national team, he's had a good career and he would have helped us, not only on the pitch, but off the pitch with the young boys.

"That's why we tried to get Lucas to our club.

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"In the discussions we had, Lucas liked the way we play football, what we were trying to do at the club and he seemed very interested."

During his press conference, Neill said he was sorry about the misunderstanding.

"To the Melbourne Heart board and to Johnny Aloisi and Hayden (Foxe), I apologise if I gave too much of an indication that I was heading down to Melbourne and I wish them all the best," Neill said.

"There was never a case of leveraging one club against the other but when the opportunity became very real to join Sydney it was a difficult decision, but an easy one from a family point of view of being born in Sydney and raised in Sydney.

"As far as being gazumped at the last minute, there was never a question of money," Neill said after training with his new teammates for the first time.

"I think it's well-documented that Melbourne's offer was a hundred (thousand dollars) and I signed for seventy (thousand dollars), so I think we leave it at that."

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