Is It Time For Owen Hargreaves To Accept His Career Is Over?
By Chris Wright
Slow goin’ for Owen
Manchester United have today announced the sad news that Owen Hargreaves has been cut from their registered Champions League squad – in favour of left back Ritchie De Laet – due to the 29 year old midfielder suffering yet another set back in his rehabilitation.
A long standing and recurring knee problem has seen Hargreaves not feature for United since September 2008, and only play 25 times in total since joining the club from Bayern Munich in May 2007.
Sir Alex Ferguson announced in September that Hargreaves was nearing a first team return and earlier this week went on record as hoping that he would be fit to play against Milan in the Champions League knock-out stages later this month, but a fresh inflammation has seen the former England man ruled out - most likely until the end of the season.
Hargreaves is/was undoubtedly a fine player (If fully fit, he’d be one of the first players I’d have on the plane to South Africa) and his return to the Man Utd midfield would be a tremendous bonus for a unit that has sometimes lacked mobility and tenacity this season. His versatility also adds an extra string to his bow, but it cannot be ignored that his various injuries have now robbed him of the majority of the last two years of his career.
The faith and patience United have shown in Hargreaves throughout his various convalescenses are laudable but if his awful injury record continues then there must surely come a time when both parties will have to cut their losses and move on.
What do you reckon? Time for Hargreaves to accept that he should call it a day? Or should his talent afford him another shot at rehabilitation?
Sadly his contract runs out in June I think….based on our financial situation I’d say its over….watch him go to another club (ala saha) and be 90 percent more fit than he was with Man Yoo
His contract ends June 2011.
i think hes overated anyway. remember when england fans booed him? then he had a good world cup and his stock shot through the roof. shame he’s done bugger all since the world cup
Well he’s been injured but it’s dragging on too long now.
Bugger all since the world cup – i suppose being one of uniteds best players as they won the premiership and champions league in 2008 counts for nothing,
Fuck sakes, that means they dont even expect him to be fit by June!
>think hes overated anyway. remember when england fans booed him?
DO you really think he is overrated or are you just going along with whatever the hairy, toothless, drunk yobs (and thats just the women!) at the games have to say because you cant formulate an opinion by yourself since you were toilet trained till you were 9 years old?
He’s fuckin poison.
Over rated cause he was supposed to be english.
Yeah right.
Maybe Galatasaray will take him?
we do need a decent midfielder
[...] Which, all in all, leads me to re-ask the question that I first pitted to the Pies faithful in early February: [...]
[...] Which, all in all, leads me to re-ask the question that I first pitted to the Pies faithful back in early February: [...]