Canuck in Boston Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 http://www.cbc.ca/story/sports/national/2006/08/18/owen-hargreaves-calgary.html Manchester United wants Hargreaves Last Updated Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:48:28 EDT CBC Sports English soccer club Manchester United has its sights set on Calgary-born midfielder Owen Hargreaves. Calgary's Owen Hargreaves has caught the eye of English soccer club Manchester United. (Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images) Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson told reporters Friday that the English Premiership club has been negotiating with German champions Bayern Munich to sign Hargreaves. "We have been trying to negotiate with Bayern Munich for quite a while and it's at a bit of a deadlock," Ferguson told a news conference. "But there's no hiding the fact now that [Hargreaves] has said he would like to join United and we would like to have him." Complicating matters is the fact that Hargreaves, 25, recently extended his contract with Bayern until 2010. If the two clubs can't work something out by Aug. 31, soccer's summer transfer deadline, any deal would have to wait until January when European teams are allowed to resume transfer proceedings. 'We are hopeful' "You can never be confident, but we are hopeful. We are dealing with a big club in Bayern Munich," Ferguson said. "The relationship between the two clubs has always been good." Hargreaves left Alberta when he was 16 to join Bayern. During his time in the Bundesliga (German first division), Hargreaves helped Bayern win four Bundesliga titles, two German Cups and one Champions League title. Hargreaves has long expressed an interest in making the jump from the Bundesliga to the English Premiership. The Canadian has played for the English national team, including at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, for the past five years. Hargreaves was born in Calgary but is eligible to play for the English national team because his father was born in England. He has made 35 appearances for England — 11 as a starter — but he could assume a more prominent role in the future. Hargreaves was voted England's best player at the recent World Cup in Germany and is expected to take the place of David Beckham, who recently stepped down as captain, in the starting lineup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettermirror Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 why are mufc looking for so many midfielders? a) hoping one becomes the new roy keane, betting rooney, smith, saha, solksjaer will combine for some 60 goals with rooney and saha collecting nearly 40-45 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeffery S. Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 Hargreaves did not dress tonight in the friendly at Barcelona, they say that is because of the same flu that kept him out on the weekend. Owen could be the kind of player they want, as they were also looking at Marco Senna from Villareal. Ferguson clearly wants to repeat the Keane role with someone with a few years left in him. In any case Bayern was terrible tonight, whatever happened to the Bavarian work ethic (4-0)? I know it was a friendly but la Juve played us to a 3-3 draw last year, I have never seen such a lame guest for the summer Gamper trophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Hargreaves is an idiot spoiled brat. He should have thought of all of this when he signed a long term deal not so long ago. Gutless little puke that he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Hargreaves is an idiot spoiled brat. He should have thought of all of this when he signed a long term deal not so long ago. Gutless little puke that he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Yeah, you kind of wonder what he was thinking when he signed that contract. The long and short is that after a crap world cup for England his name isn't mud anymore and he wants to move while his stock is still high. At the end of the day he'll get his way. Hard to imagine him not. But Manchester U. is going to have to pay. It's as simple as that. This politicing is all a ploy by Sir Alex to keep the transfer fee more in a range he can justify for Hargreaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Yeah, you kind of wonder what he was thinking when he signed that contract. The long and short is that after a crap world cup for England his name isn't mud anymore and he wants to move while his stock is still high. At the end of the day he'll get his way. Hard to imagine him not. But Manchester U. is going to have to pay. It's as simple as that. This politicing is all a ploy by Sir Alex to keep the transfer fee more in a range he can justify for Hargreaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaku_bert Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Instead of starting yet another new thread on this ditchf*** who was raised in Calgary, I looked for an old thread to resurrect. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=396269&cc=% At some point the apologists for this guy are going to just have to admit that he, simply put, is a waste of oxygen. The fact that his antics still wind me up may be proof that I am a bitter twisted soul but that it is better than being disloyal opportunistic whore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud Mouth Soup Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 I'll join you in the old, bitter department, shaku. /now git off my lawn, whippersnapper!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georg Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 From ITV Sports Bayern must sell Hargreaves German legend Gunter Netzer insists Bayern Munich should sell Owen Hargreaves to Manchester United for £20million. Bayern have so far rebuffed all approaches from Old Trafford for the midfielder, despite reported offers in the region of 30 million euros (£20.1million). But Netzer believes that chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and general manager Uli Hoeness should cash in on the 25-year-old as the time is right. "If the sum really is 30 million, then I can only say that you have got to sell Hargreaves straight away," said the former World Cup winner in his weekly Bild column. Hargreaves is contracted to the Bundesliga giants until 2010 but Netzer insists it is worth selling him for such a substantial sum of money. "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. "This amount is beyond anything ever paid for such a player." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 That's an absurd amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrennanFan Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 thats quite the expensive whore. he must be willing to do it all. nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 For that amount, it would be stupid not to sell him. There has been talk around these parts about Cannavaro winning player of the year based almost exclusively on his World Cup, but this is a bid that is similarly based a World Cup performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 The dollar, or in this case euro figure can be pretty misleading. Come with a lot of strings attached. Not unlike the Rooney deal the Toffee's got. X pounds guarenteed. Y pounds if he makes such and such performance markers. Z pounds if Manchester U win the EPL title and Rooney features in a certain % of all league fixtures, blah, blah, blah. So the same goes for Hargreaves. X euros guarenteed and Z euros being the ceiling if Manchester u wins Champions League, the EPL title the next 4 seasons and Owen finds a cure for Aids during his tenure. Real and unreal numbers. Smoke and mirrors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 The dollar, or in this case euro figure can be pretty misleading. Come with a lot of strings attached. Not unlike the Rooney deal the Toffee's got. X pounds guarenteed. Y pounds if he makes such and such performance markers. Z pounds if Manchester U win the EPL title and Rooney features in a certain % of all league fixtures, blah, blah, blah. So the same goes for Hargreaves. X euros guarenteed and Z euros being the ceiling if Manchester u wins Champions League, the EPL title the next 4 seasons and Owen finds a cure for Aids during his tenure. Real and unreal numbers. Smoke and mirrors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georg Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 quote:Originally posted by Cheeta The dollar, or in this case euro figure can be pretty misleading. Come with a lot of strings attached. Not unlike the Rooney deal the Toffee's got. X pounds guarenteed. Y pounds if he makes such and such performance markers. Z pounds if Manchester U win the EPL title and Rooney features in a certain % of all league fixtures, blah, blah, blah. So the same goes for Hargreaves. X euros guarenteed and Z euros being the ceiling if Manchester u wins Champions League, the EPL title the next 4 seasons and Owen finds a cure for Aids during his tenure. Real and unreal numbers. Smoke and mirrors. One big different, Bayern has a contract with Owen till 2010 and do not need need the money as Everton did.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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