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We aren't going to let him go on a free just like that after the time and medical costs the club has spent on him
Right. We'll sign him, then sell him for 15m.We aren't going to let him go on a free just like that after the time and medical costs the club has spent on him
If we were to register Hargreaves as well as signing a new keeper and midfielder who both had to be registered, then realistically four of the following nine players would have to leave the club either through retirement, a permanent transfer or on loan:
De Laet, Diouf, Obertan, Gibson, Owen, Brown, Kuszczak, Scholes, Cleverley.
When you look at it like that the chances of an appearance based contract for Hargreaves don't look too bad at all.
I'd consider it unlikely that any of the following 17 players won't be registered in our 25 man squad next season:
Lindegaard, O'Shea, Vidic, Ferdinand, Smalling, Evans, Evra, Fletcher, Carrick, Anderson, Park, Giggs, Valencia, Nani, Rooney, Berbatov, Hernandez.
The following players don't have to be registered in next season's 25 man Premier League squad:
Rafael, Fabio, Bebe, Welbeck, Macheda + Amos and all of the other Reserves/Academy players.
If we signed De Gea as our new goalkeeper then that would obviously free up another place in our Premier League 25 man squad. De Gea would have to be registered in our Champions League 25 man squad, as would Bebe, but all the other youngsters can be named outside both the PL and CL squads next season.
I don't think I'm officially supposed to be still posting in this forum (depends on the exact terms of my release).Top post, I've missed GCHQ-
It's fineI don't think I'm officially supposed to be still posting in this forum (depends on the exact terms of my release).
Thanks!It's fine
You've been a good boy
Get me a ticket for the final mate. I missed the Wolves CC game. Tell our owners I'll be a good boy in the future.Thanks!
I have been making an effort and I can assure you that I'll be staying well clear of the ticket thread!
Sorry, can't help you there! You'd be better off asking Michael Owen as I hear he's taken up most of our allocation...Get me a ticket for the final mate. I missed the Wolves CC game. Tell our owners I'll be a good boy in the future.
I'd be very surprised if Diouf was either. Gill was born in 1990. Players born in 1990 and above that don't have to be registered next season.I really can't see Da Laet or PiG being in our squad next year. I just can't see it (Or Gill, won't he have to be registered?)
So Hargreaves, De Gea and maybe a new midfielder would be perfect
Not to mention Rooney, who's got a large family and usually takes his fair share..Sorry, can't help you there! You'd be better off asking Michael Owen as I hear he's taken up most of our allocation...
Well I don't really see what we have to lose, especially if the medical department are confident that he's overcome his knee injuries. In all likelihood he won't be taking up a place in the squad that would have gone to someone else, he'll be on a very low basic salary and it gives us an opportunity to get at least some return on our huge investment over the last four years.Is there a reason people want Hargreaves in our squad? 25 places or not, he hasn't played properly for almost three years. I feel for the bloke, but I don't see what value he's going to offer us now. To play properly again is looking unlikely, but to play at the level we require of him is even less likely.
Or even the Glazer clan themselves...Not to mention Rooney, who's got a large family and usually takes his fair share..
I think Rooney, Owen, and some of our other players own a VIP box each, which grants them the right to watch every event at Wembley, and to go there any time they'd like. That's what they tell you on the tour at least.Not to mention Rooney, who's got a large family and usually takes his fair share..
I take your point, particularly given his new wages (pay as you play, presumably), but I cannot see how doctors can say he's over the injuries.Well I don't really see what we have to lose, especially if the medical department are confident that he's overcome his knee injuries. In all likelihood he won't be taking up a place in the squad that would have gone to someone else, he'll be on a very low basic salary and it gives us an opportunity to get at least some return on our huge investment over the last four years.
I read that last night but figured it wasn't worth posting. We already knew that was coming.London – Injury-plagued England midfielder Owen Hargreaves and former France internationals Patrick Vieira and Robert Pires head a list of players released by Premier League clubs this offseason.
Hargreaves, who starred for England in the 2006 World Cup, leaves English champion Manchester United after playing just 11
minutes in the past two seasons.
Crosstown rival Manchester City has let the 35-year-old Vieira depart after 18 months at the club, while compatriot Pires is also looking for a new team following the midfielder's release from Aston Villa.
Other high-profile players now without a club are England defenders Matthew Upson (West Ham) and Jonathan Woodgate (Tottenham), Hungary captain Zoltan Gera and Ghana fullback John Pantsil (both Fulham). – Sapa-AP
Too old for Wenger.Owen Hargreaves faces more surgery as he battles to save career following Manchester United exit - Telegraph
Poor guy
However I hope that "Wenger looking at him" part is bullshit.