dandannieldanok Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 Bayern Munich have agreed to sell Owen Hargreaves to Manchester United. Club president Franz Beckenbauer told German TV: "Owen is leaving. That was the player's wish. It's a good match and it's also a good deal financially." Beckenbauer said the transfer fee was "around" £17m - which would be a record for a Bundesliga player. Hargreaves, 26, has been at Bayern for 10 years but after starring for England at the World Cup last year, he admitted he wanted to play in the Premiership. United quickly moved to open negotiations with Bayern and made offers in the summer transfer window and in January but the German club refused to sell - until now. Hargreaves, who played only nine league games for Bayern this season because of injury, is expected to sign a four-year deal with the newly-crowned Premiership champions. His career in Germany ended in disappointment when Bayern finished fourth in the Bundesliga, thereby missing out on Champions League qualification. Writing in his column for the BBC Sport website, Hargreaves admitted the club "can never afford not to qualify for the Champions League". His transfer is therefore likely to be the first stage of an overhaul at the club, with chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge promising to carry out "brutal and ruthless" changes to the team. Sunday's newspaper reports suggested Bayern could use the funds from Hargreaves' sale to buy Chelsea winger Arjen Robben.
stez Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 i heard this on fivelive this morning, and thought 'watch him be a regular starter for england now! (which i'll be pleased about because we need a holding midfielder) but what of micheal carrick? are the planning a 2 team strategy? for the league and europe? anyway its doesn't really effect me
Tubes Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 glad to see him in english football hopefully help him out with england
mat_j101 Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 i heard this on fivelive this morning, and thought 'watch him be a regular starter for england now! (which i'll be pleased about because we need a holding midfielder) but what of micheal carrick? are the planning a 2 team strategy? for the league and europe? anyway its doesn't really effect me I doubt it. I dont see why, in the right system, Carrick and Hargreaves cant play together. I would play what i guess is called a 4-2-3-1 with carrick and owen as the 2, so you have a ball winner in hargreaves, and a very good passer in carrick side by side. Then giggs scholes and ronaldo as 3 attacking mids and rooney up front. i.e. Van der Saar Neville Rio Vidic Evra Carrick Hargreaves Ronaldo Scholes Giggs Rooney
lildave3 Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 I doubt it. I dont see why, in the right system, Carrick and Hargreaves cant play together. I would play what i guess is called a 4-2-3-1 with carrick and owen as the 2, so you have a ball winner in hargreaves, and a very good passer in carrick side by side. Then giggs scholes and ronaldo as 3 attacking mids and rooney up front.i.e. Van der Saar Neville Rio Vidic Evra Carrick Hargreaves Ronaldo Scholes Giggs Rooney That's exactly what it will be, next season will be fantastic to watch really.
dandannieldanok Posted 20 May 2007 Author Posted 20 May 2007 Good move for both the player and the club IMO, but again just like with Carrick a ridiculously overblown price.
Stevosevic Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 Good move for both the player and the club IMO, but again just like with Carrick a ridiculously overblown price. Not a Hargreaves fan? I think thats about right for a player of his quality and they are hard to come by in that holding role position.
Guest Gist Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 Who'd have thought he'd be going to Man United for £17 Mill a couple of years ago? Great move for him.
lookwhaticando Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 ... and the award for least surprising transfer of Summer 2007 goes to... Owen Hargreaves (Bayern Munchen to Manchester United)!
MC Prussian Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 Owen "Oh so overpriced" Hargreaves... 18 million pounds? ManU, you're having a laff. Unless, you manage to sell him for 25 million in two years...
Stevosevic Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 Everyone is saying its a rip off, but what better holding midfield player could they have bought for less than 17million?
lookwhaticando Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 Everyone is saying its a rip off, but what better holding midfield player could they have bought for less than 17million? Andy Johnson.
JoeyB Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 Ronaldo, Carrick, Scholes, Hargreaves, Giggs :worship: :worship: that midfiled
lildave3 Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 Ronaldo, Carrick, Scholes, Hargreaves, Giggs :worship: :worship: that midfiled I can't believe you almost produced a whole post with correct grammar and spelling.
potter3 Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 A year ago he was under-rated, now he is masively over-rated because of a couple of World Cup games
Koke Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 A year ago he was under-rated, now he is masively over-rated because of a couple of World Cup games He is not over-rated. He is over-priced. The transfer fee for him is a joke. Give 17 million quid to Wenger and he would build a whole team with that.
dandannieldanok Posted 20 May 2007 Author Posted 20 May 2007 A year ago he was under-rated, now he is masively over-rated because of a couple of World Cup games True, I haven't got a clue how Hargreaves has performed for Bayern but considering they have failed to qualify for the Champs League it doesn't give you that much confidence that he will hold Man Utd's midfield together like glue. A holding midfielder worth £17m IMO would be an eact 50/50 mix of Carrick and Hargreaves. Carrick's range of passing and composure mixed with Hargreaves' engery and tackling would be perfect.
Tommeh Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 TBH if Carrick and Hargreaves are overpriced, then every player in the world is, you pay for what you get Carricks had a great season for United and in Hargreaves they've just brought a great competitor and ball winner when you consider Chelsea payed nearly twice the price of both for Shevchenko it isn't too bad business In my opinion there's only been two players I've seen in a long time worthy of such vast price tags: Essien - may have been £24m but he's like having 3 players due to his versatility and a world class CM, without him they'd have been nothing this year. Berbatov - £9M bargain of the century. Hats off to Man U though at least they do buy English and have a nice home grown spine down the side like we see with the italians e.g. Rio, Neville, Carrick, Hargreaves, Scholes, Rooney
Koke Posted 20 May 2007 Posted 20 May 2007 Not a Hargreaves fan? I think thats about right for a player of his quality and they are hard to come by in that holding role position. He is a very limited player. And 17 million quid for a limited player like Hargreaves is too much. Sure he is quality and he gets stuck in there with his tackles. But if Im paying that much for a player, I expect to get more out of him. So yes, 17 million is a complete rip-off
AyewJoking Posted 21 May 2007 Posted 21 May 2007 I doubt it. I dont see why, in the right system, Carrick and Hargreaves cant play together. I would play what i guess is called a 4-2-3-1 with carrick and owen as the 2, so you have a ball winner in hargreaves, and a very good passer in carrick side by side. Then giggs scholes and ronaldo as 3 attacking mids and rooney up front.i.e. Van der Saar Neville Rio Vidic Evra Carrick Hargreaves Ronaldo Scholes Giggs Rooney Thats a tough defence/midfield to break down. Man U have done it again though, signing Carrick cos they couldnt get Hargreaves and now they get Hargreaves as well. Like when they signed Saha then Smith and then Rooney.* * dunno who signed first out of Saha and Smith
lookwhaticando Posted 21 May 2007 Posted 21 May 2007 Thats a tough defence/midfield to break down.Man U have done it again though, signing Carrick cos they couldnt get Hargreaves and now they get Hargreaves as well. Like when they signed Saha then Smith and then Rooney.* * dunno who signed first out of Saha and Smith Saha by about six months if I'm not mistaken. Saha: January 2004 Smith: May 2004 Rooney: August 2004 (deadline day)
The Reverend Posted 21 May 2007 Posted 21 May 2007 That'll be a pretty good midfield. Carrick and Hargreaves will complement eachother pretty well.
davieG Posted 1 July 2007 Posted 1 July 2007 From Sky Owen Hargreaves has signed a four-year contract to finalise his move to Manchester United. The Premier League champions confirmed at the end of May that a deal had been agreed to capture the midfielder from Bayern Munich. Reports have put the fee in the region of £17million, with Hargreaves joining Nani and Anderson as new additions to the Old Trafford ranks. Hargreaves had been a long-term target for Sir Alex Ferguson, who had spent the best part of 12 months trying to persuade Bayern to sell. With a four-year deal now secured, the England international is happy to have finally completed his move to the Premier League. "It's been a long time coming," Hargreaves told the club's official website. "It was probably the worst-kept secret in football, but it's great to be here. "I think it's great to finally reach a positive conclusion, especially after all the time and energy that's been put in from everyone involved!" Meanwhile, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is confident he will be fit for the start of the new season. The Norwegian international underwent knee surgery earlier in the summer, but the veteran striker is hopeful he will be back in time for the big kick-off in August. "I still have a lot to give for Manchester United, either on the bench, the pitch or on the sidelines," Solskjaer told NTB.
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