Owen Hargreaves is a Canadian-born English international who played for Bayern Munich from 1997 to 2007, before moving to Manchester United in the summer of 2007.
He has made his name as a defensive midfielder is a genuine central midfielder who can stop opposition attacks as well as create them for his team.
A lot is expected of him at Manchester United - there’s been criticism of his abilities and his price tag, but he’s a good enough player to help Man Utd win titles, and that’s what counts.
Michael Carrick and Owen Hargreaves seem set for a return to first team football for Manchester United against West Brom next week when the domestic season restarts after the international break.
Speaking to the Manchester Evening News, Manchester...
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Is it possible to be too old to win a title?
Sir Alex Ferguson certainly thinks so. According to him, Chelsea are too old to win a title....
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For all those enraged by the hundreds of millions of pounds in inflated transfer fees flying between the stadia of Europe this summer: there was once a bearded man from a long time ago who proposed that the use-value of a commodity or service should...
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Watched Manchester United’s 07/08 Season Review over the weekend (grab the torrent here) and it was quite an entertaining 2 and...
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Arsenal have decided to bolster their squad by splashing big for the first time under Monsieur Wenger. Backed by Alisher Usmanov’s millions, Arsenal...
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Towards the end of 2006, certain pundits and magazines were proclaiming the birth of Sir Alex Ferguson’s third (for some, fourth) great team stemming from his 20-year tenure at Manchester United.
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Anytime two of England’s biggest clubs face off, it makes for a must-see occasion.
But, today’s match at Anfield between north-west rivals Liverpool and Manchester United isn’t the only big ticket in England this weekend, as on Sunday,...
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Some might think it would be hasty to make such an assessment so early into the season (after all, European leagues have only begun for a month or two) but it is interesting nonetheless to have a preliminary look at how some of this Summer’s...
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With all the wait and the hype (some contrived, some real and the rest pointless), Owen Hargreaves’ eventual move to Manchester United could be a damp squid.
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Hargreaves wants to go to Manchester United. Manchester United are willing to pay a lot of money to Bayern, which could then be used to bring in 2-3 good players. It’s a good deal for...
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Keith writes to Soccerlens about Bayern Munich’s childish behaviour and the various BS myths surrounding Manchester United.
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The Hargreaves saga will go down the wire with the player adamant that he wants to move on from Bayern Munich.
From an interview with Bild:
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The transfer story has all the makings of a classic - the long chase (Ferguson admitted to approaching Bayern before the World Cup), the wooing (was Hargreaves taken to Old Trafford to meet with Ferguson after the England game?) and the threats (Bayern...
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In the finest tradition of clubs who don’t want to sell their players, Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness had this to say:
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Honestly, I really don’t care.
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