United make £20m Owen bid
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MANCHESTER UNITED have offered Bayern Munich £20m for England star Owen Hargreaves.
Hargreaves said: “It has been made official today that United have made an offer for me and to do that is something I appreciate.”
Midfielder Hargreaves, 26 today, added: “United have developed into such a talented team.
“They have such a great nucleus when you look at Rio Ferdinand and Wazza Rooney, while Cristiano Ronaldo is probably one of the best in Europe.”
United, whose initial £15m bid was rejected with Bayern wanting £25m are keen to sign Hargreaves now.
But the Germans are set on keeping him until the summer.
The player said: “That’s down to the clubs to decide.”
Hargreaves has just returned to training after breaking a leg in September.
The Bundesliga season restarts next week and he admitted: “The most important thing for me now is to come back healthy and playing strong.” -
http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1994591,00.html
Food for thoughts, read this portion->
"The purchase of Hargreaves, which seems certain to happen at some stage, would fill the one obvious gap in United's squad - they have no quality cover for the central-midfield pairing of Carrick and Paul Scholes - although how he would fit into the first XI is not immediately clear.
United's success this season has been built around a slick, aggressive midfield four whose excellent ball retention has reduced the need for a classical defensive midfielder. Hargreaves would fill that role but, by his own admission, his is a fetch-and-carry job and his inclusion would dictate a slight change in United's approach. Ferguson, however, apparently believes he is worth it."
a lot of truth!! -
Damned Pissed off by Fergie.
Buying Veron for 28 million, Rio for 30 million, Carrick for 18 million and now Hargreaves for 20 million?!
Wah Lau eh!
If they hold us randsom for more money den forget it la, Hargreaves is not that good for 20 million anyway. 20 million can get us Essien a few years back but Fergie dont wanna buy and now he's willing to shell out a fortune for a recently established and injured defensive midfielder?!
Very pissed off rite now. The money could have been better place in signing young players like Bale, Reo-Coker and Nolan.
I hope Munich rejects the bid.
Cheers.
C.K -
u r right....20m for this man is REALLY TOO MUCH..over rated,over bid...hargreaves,ok he played well in the WC,until then,we nv notice him,or think that he is gd enough for manutd...did any1 think of will he adapt to epl's playing style?things like that...somemore he juz broke his leg,will he play as well as be4?look at our dear smith...where is he now?fully fit,but still not match fitness,fergie puting him in fridge,nv play him at all.He's the forgotten man at manutd currently.
so,with 20m,we should look out for other DM,i'm sure there r better 1s,n better deals out there....hargreaves calibre..ok MAx 15m...thats it -
United dont need 20million to buy Owen....
1million is enough for him to keep on insisting to transfer out of Bayern...
as long as United makes a bid, Owen will insist on moving
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Too much lah 20m.. Just wait until they finally give in lor.. The longer bayern hold the lower the value drop..
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no NOLAN, he turns jelly when facing Liverpool..Originally posted by CKeer:Damned Pissed off by Fergie.
Buying Veron for 28 million, Rio for 30 million, Carrick for 18 million and now Hargreaves for 20 million?!
Wah Lau eh!
If they hold us randsom for more money den forget it la, Hargreaves is not that good for 20 million anyway. 20 million can get us Essien a few years back but Fergie dont wanna buy and now he's willing to shell out a fortune for a recently established and injured defensive midfielder?!
Very pissed off rite now. The money could have been better place in signing young players like Bale, Reo-Coker and Nolan.
I hope Munich rejects the bid.
Cheers.
C.K -
hope he comes.... man utd needs him. but bayern is asking too much
carrick is 14million only aint it? 18million is provided that he wins a shitload of medals? -
nb..hargreaves say hargreaves la...
i tot michael owen -
haha. hargreaves is the new flavour of the month.
michael owen is history....
just like ronaldo. cristiano is the exciting new player. while fatboy ronaldo is about to leave real madrid and there isnt much coverage of the transfer