Fergie finally signs Hargreaves
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Sir Alex Ferguson will finally get his man when he clinches the £12 million capture of England midfielder Owen Hargreaves within the next fortnight as he celebrates Christmas with Manchester United sitting proudly on top of the Premiership.
Hargreaves, who has been pursued by the United manager since before the World Cup finals last summer, is approaching full fitness after breaking the fibula in his left leg playing for Bayern Munich on September 16.
He will arrive to stiffen UnitedÂ’s midfield at an opportune time, with Michael Carrick facing a six week lay-off with an ankle injury. The Hargreaves deal, allied to the short-term recruitment of Sweden striker Henrik Larsson, will enable Ferguson to crank up the pressure on his title rival, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho.
Ferguson has revealed that he instructed chief executive David Gill to resume talks with Bayern, who last week claimed they would fight to keep the player until next summer. But there has been a sudden softening of BayernÂ’s stance and Ferguson said: "We will wait and see about that. But I can reveal that a deal will be completed in the January transfer window, with Hargreaves having informed Ferguson that he is on his way to Old Trafford.
The arrival of the combative Canadian-born player, set to be welcomed to the club well before his 26th birthday on January 20, will bring to an end a typically determined manhunt by Ferguson and an equally stoic refusal by Bayern officials to let him go.
Ferguson tried to sign Hargreaves before the August transfer deadline but the German club refused to talk, especially after an attempt to do a deal involving Van Nistelrooy foundered when the striker opted for Real Madrid instead.
Ferguson said then of the midfielder: "He is at a good age and still maturing. He would fit our age profile very well and he would be able to play the type of football that we like."
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Dis da only true sentence I see so far......Originally posted by zocoss:[b]Don't know how true is this report... -
where you get you info from?
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Originally posted by Bontakun:Dis da only true sentence I see so far......
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Misleading title. Haven sign yet ma.
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hehe aiyo sign hurry lah.. hehe sign winger aso please simao please.. =)
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=424564&in_page_id=1779&ct=5Originally posted by sand king:where you get you info from? -
must see him holding a manu shirt posing wif saf then i believe
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my friend said i look like him
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Cool to look like him.
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so far soccernet and skysports no news yet. but maybe all on holiday since christmas.
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yeahOriginally posted by hobochua:Cool to look like him. -
eh i saw today's(monday) straits times had itOriginally posted by stellazio:so far soccernet and skysports no news yet. but maybe all on holiday since christmas.
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reading it in tribalfootball also.
-> http://www.tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=22706 -
tribalfootball must have taken the story from the uk page.Originally posted by iceFatboy:reading it in tribalfootball also.
-> http://www.tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=22706
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kewl thanks.Originally posted by zocoss: -
hehe my fren say HE look like me leh..Originally posted by Dead_Man_Inc:my friend said i look like him
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but can you play like him???
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he plays like me..Originally posted by iceFatboy:but can you play like him??? -
NETZER: SELL HARGREAVES TO UNITED
Bayern Munich should accept Manchester United's latest rumoured approach for Owen Hargreaves, according to Germany's former World Cup winner Gunter Netzer.
Writing in his weekly Bild newspaper column, Netzer advised the Bayern management to alter their stance on the Hargreaves saga and listen to the mooted offer, believed to be worth 30 million euros (£20.1million). He said: "If the sum really is 30 million, then I can only say that you have got to sell Hargreaves straight away."
Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and general manager Uli Hoeness have blocked the Premiership club's previous bids for the 25-year-old, whose stock rose considerably in the wake of excellent performances for England at last summer's World Cup.
Both Rummenigge and Hoeness want Hargreaves to honour the contract he signed just before the tournament in Germany, which ties the defensive midfielder to the Bundesliga champions until 2010.
However, Netzer believes the time is right for them to take a different approach.
He said: "Hoeness and Rummenigge would not be breaking their word as far as I am concerned.
"Quite the opposite - Hoeness has actually pushed the price up with his negotiating tactics. -
still a question on whether he's coming to man utd anot...
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aiyah dont come lah go for someone else... barton looks good but problematic lah that bugger.. why arent we gg for gattuso haija! or maybe viera!! ahaz..
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viera went to inter milan right?
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gattuso should have come a long time ago.man utd didn't bid for him even though he wanted to come if i rmb correctly.
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but milan didnt want to sell mah..Originally posted by stellazio:gattuso should have come a long time ago.man utd didn't bid for him even though he wanted to come if i rmb correctly.