Beckenbauer hints at Hargreaves exit
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Bayern Munich president Franz Beckenbauer has admitted for the first time that Owen Hargreaves could join Manchester United this summer - providing the price is right.
Speaking on Premiere television just a few hours before Bayern's Champions League quarter-final against AC Milan, Beckenbauer said: 'If it is right that there is an offer of 25-30 million euros (£17million-£20million) for Hargreaves, then I would seriously consider it.
'I think the board also think this way to satisfy the needs of the player.'
The 26-year-old England international has been a long-standing United target, but the Bavarians have resolutely refused to deal with the Premiership leaders.
They believe Hargreaves should honour the new four-year contract he signed last summer.
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See 7-1 eyes glow big big
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well, if he is leaving, perhaps we can push down the price so that we can still get another RB?? or striker?
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Possible that Fletcher and Carrick are stepping up to the role as central midfield pair... With Scholes not in the team, Carrick step-up his game... And hopefully Fletcher can do likewise...
Now i am beginning to wonder if Hargreaves is worth 20m pounds... I have never seen him score a goal at all actually... Now Bayern wants to sell, he didn't play well also last night against AC... Should united still be keen on him if the asking price is still $20m?
Well... i hope not.
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Originally posted by iceFatboy:well, if he is leaving, perhaps we can push down the price so that we can still get another RB?? or striker?
we got evra at right back!! -
lol. wrong foot leh. usually dont work well...
anyway hargreaves is old news la.... next pls.... im sick and tired of bayern and hargreaves.... tell them to F off with their 20 million player.... man utd dun need him so badly. there are other cheaper and perhaps better players.... -
lolz he played there against roma, and still can scoreOriginally posted by imprezaWRXSTi22B:lol. wrong foot leh. usually dont work well...
anyway hargreaves is old news la.... next pls.... im sick and tired of bayern and hargreaves.... tell them to F off with their 20 million player.... man utd dun need him so badly. there are other cheaper and perhaps better players....
yes i think we should just offer around 13-18m. i feel we need a striker more -
Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:lolz he played there against roma, and still can score
yes i think we should just offer around 13-18m. i feel we need a striker more
even gary neville has not score for a RB yet -
i think he did scored beforeOriginally posted by Dead_Man_Inc:
even gary neville has not score for a RB yet -
i think this season havent lolOriginally posted by Saltiga:i think he did scored before -
I think if carrick and polish up his long shots even further and maybe learn a tackle or two we don need hargreaves
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neville scored 5 times for man utd b4.... apparently
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Hoeness concedes Hargreaves move is back on agenda
Owen Hargreaves will sit down with Bayern Munich's management in the next few days to determine his future with a summer transfer to Old Trafford the most likely outcome. The England midfielder has been responsive to Manchester United's overtures for more than nine months now but Bayern have previously insisted on holding him to the four-year deal he signed last summer. However, in the wake of their Champions League exit to Milan on Wednesday night Uli Hoeness, Bayern's executive director, conceded it was time to talk.
Franz Beckenbauer, the president, intimated before the match that he was inclined to accept a bid of £17-20m and he believed the board felt the same. Hoeness said: "We will sit down calmly in the next few days and discuss the situation at board level. If we are prepared to sell Owen, then we go to negotiations with Manchester United." The fee is large for a holding midfielder but Hoeness added: "What is money when you lose games?"
The answer, should Bayern fail to improve on their current fourth place in the Bundesliga, is that an influx of income would be needed. German clubs are the poor relations of Europe's big four. Their grounds may be full but admission prices are low. The economy is booming but television money, following a lack of competition since the collapse of the Kirsch empire, is poor.
The effects are being felt on the pitch. Since Bayern won the Champions League in 2001, no German club has reached the semi-finals. It is hardly surprising Hargreaves wants to follow Michael Ballack into the Premiership. "I will sit down with them and we will discuss how my future looks," he said. His future looks to be outside Germany. -
prices are low.... not so for england i believe....
german bundesliga simply not enuf big clubs wif big players....
was italian serie A, then spanish primera liga, now seems like EPL is the biggest around now -
So mamy threads on Hargreaves. So is he coming or not? 10 million for him hor bo(For the benefit of those who do not know Hokkien, it means ok or not)?
Cheers.
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lets this be official coming or not thread for hargreavesOriginally posted by CKeer:So mamy threads on Hargreaves. So is he coming or not? 10 million for him hor bo(For the benefit of those who do not know Hokkien, it means ok or not)?
Cheers.
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Then make it sticky loh, better this way
