Owen Hargreaves Claims Manchester United Contact

By on August 16th, 2006

Be still, my beating heart…

Owen Hargreaves, while talking to German magazine Sport Bild, has said that the offer from Manchester United is “fantastic”.

More quotes:

“Particularly as an England international, it is of interest and you never know if such an opportunity will arise again.”

“Now is the time to take the next step to develop even further.”

Rob Smyth (Guardian) has talked about a transfer fee of 17 mil pounds (25 mil euros). Despite his excellent performances at the World Cup a majority of football fans have never warmed to Hargreaves. Regardless, he is a damned fine player and will be a critical component for Manchester United if we are to challenge for the Premiership title.

Is Hargreaves really coming to Manchester United? Considering that the player has already spoken, I have a feeling that negotiations are already in an advanced stage and that Manchester United are willing to splash serious cash on a player Sir Alex feels will complete the midfield.

The player is contracted to Bayern Munich till 2010, and they will be tested here, particularly as they don’t want to lose another midfielder after Ballack, but the money should offset the loss plus if Hargreaves wants to come to Manchester United, it won’t be beneficial to Bayern to force him to stay (to convince him would be something different though).

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Update: Bayern have said that they have no intentions of selling Hargreaves. I’m sure that Hargreaves is not ‘unhappy’ at Bayern, so any move to Manchester United will depend on how far he is willing to push his club to let him go, how much United are willing to pay and how quickly and easily Bayern can replace Hargreaves and Ballack.

Topics: Bayern Munich, Manchester United

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6 Comments

  1. Big Mo

    This is going to develop into a another protracted saga, isn’t it? It’s always the same when Man U try to buy a player. Even the bloody WBA keeper’s move became a soap opera!

    Ahmed, do you think he will ultimately join Man U?

    August 16th, 2006 @ 20:04
  2. Soupdragon2

    Haha, Ahmed. I knew you’d be happy when I heard about this.

    Be nice to see him develop into the player Sven seemed to think he was capable of becoming at a club like Man Utd.

    August 16th, 2006 @ 20:08
  3. Ahmed Bilal

    Big Mo – let’s see what happens mate, I dont care if they sign him on August 31 as long as they bring him in. Ferguson has so far gotten the two players he has publicly bid for, so if this is for real, we could be playing Hargreaves / Carrick / Scholes in a 4-3-3 (4-5-1) next season.

    August 16th, 2006 @ 23:08
  4. Martino

    A German jourrno interviewed on talksport this afternoon reckons this deal is “dead in the water”.

    August 17th, 2006 @ 20:58
  5. JONO

    BAYERN WILL DESTROY HARGREAVES OUT OF SPITE. THIS IS TYPICAL OF TODAYS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT. SURE, MAN U SHOULD PAY A PREMIUM TO BUY HIM OUT OF HIS 4 YEAR CONTRACT BUT NO ‘EMPLOYER’ SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO STAND IN THE WAY OF AN EMPLOYEES OPPORTUNITY TO PROGRESS. HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE BOUGHT OUT OF HIS CONTRACT AT A FAIR RATE. HARGREAVES WILL BE UNABLE TO DEVELOP FURTHER AT BAYERN AS A LEAGUE AND INTERNATIONAL PLAYER. PERHAPS SUBDUING HIS TALLENT FOR ENGLAND SUITS THE GERMANS!

    August 25th, 2006 @ 23:42
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