Owen CAN join Ferguson
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MANCHESTER UNITED took a step closer to landing Owen Hargreaves after Bayern Munich finally cracked last night.
The Germans have consistently refused to open talks with United manager Alex Ferguson. But general manager Uli Hoeness will now listen to offers.
He said: “If ever we thought we had found a replacement for Owen, who cost less than we’d get for him, we might be prepared to think about it.” Fergie will turn the screw with a £12million January bid for midfielder Hargreaves, 26. But Bayern will try to hold on to the England man until the summer.
Hoeness added: “We face Real Madrid in the Champions League so we’re not about to weaken our team. “We’re not a bank, we’re a football club. Our top priority is to strengthen the team so what use to me is another £30million in the bank? “We want to do well in Europe and the Bundesliga and we need Hargreaves for that.”
Michael Carrick’s United place will be under threat should Hargreaves join. But he insisted: “We have played together before for England Under-21s. “He’s a top player but we’ll have to see if the move happens.” -
wah sian, need to wait until summer..
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is he any good.
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Well... he is rated better than Lampard and Gerrard in the England's defensive midfielders role... And was voted England's best player at the WC... and when he plays, it allows these 2 to make their offensive roles easier...Originally posted by dragg:is he any good.
i have not seen him play.
Good enough i guess... only thing is he never played in the EPL before...
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a hard man like him shld fit in the epl.Originally posted by zocoss:Good enough i guess... only thing is he never played in the EPL before...
think people like ballack and heinze who came from leagues not tolerating hard tackles. -
frankly, summer is better considering he is not even match fit now.
however, whether we can afford this luxury is another thingy. -
They can afford... they had a budget of $20m plus they sold rvn for $10.5 plus another $12m for that John kid to chelsea...Originally posted by iceFatboy:frankly, summer is better considering he is not even match fit now.
however, whether we can afford this luxury is another thingy.
They suppose to have $42.5m budget at the beginning of the season and they only spent $14m on Carrick $18m if they go on and win the EPL, CL, FA cup... for the next 5, 6 yrs while carrick is with them... and another $2.5m on a back-up keeper only.
So enough money lah...
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hargreaves...besides his defensive qualities...honestly,we've only seen him during the WC...hope he's really that decent n gd...
he will inject more energy into the centre midfield compared to carrick who's more stagnant waiting to spray long passes..hargreaves runs more,i'm sure he can attack better than carrick too.cheers! -
if this is the case, i think fergie will look for someone else to strengthen our squad this january..
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always rem, we are in a 600M debt..Originally posted by zocoss:They can afford... they had a budget of $20m plus they sold rvn for $10.5 plus another $12m for that John kid to chelsea...
They suppose to have $42.5m budget at the beginning of the season and they only spent $14m on Carrick $18m if they go on and win the EPL, CL, FA cup... for the next 5, 6 yrs while carrick is with them... and another $2.5m on a back-up keeper only.
So enough money lah...
and the interest is.... -
Yeah man
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but that's glazers' problem.Originally posted by iceFatboy:always rem, we are in a 600M debt..
and the interest is.... -
Joey Barton and Ledley King is not bad.. Fergie seems to like English players... So Barton and King fits the bill...
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Joey is MUFC captain, I don't think he will do a "traitor" thingy.
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Originally posted by iceFatboy:Joey is MUFC captain, I don't think he will do a "traitor" thingy. Don't think he can be lured with "$$$".
as for King, he is SPURS captain, Martin Jol wouldn't let him go too.