Success in this season’s FA Cup won’t just provide Owen
Hargreaves with another winners’ medal – it could also afford the
26-year-old his first run-out at Wembley Stadium.
It seems incredible that Hargreaves, now a regular
in the national side, has never played at the home of English
football. And yet, following United’s win over Spurs in the FA Cup
fourth round on Sunday, Hargreaves told
MUTV of his ambition to go all the way in
this season’s competition.
“We’ll just take it game by game and we’ll focus on the next one
once we know our opposition,” he said. “But hopefully we’ll get to
Wembley. It’s still a long way away and there’s lots of football to
be played.
“I’ve never played at Wembley before. I’ve sat on the bench for
England once or twice and I was injured when United were there for
the Community Shield last year. It would be nice if we could get
there.”
There is a chance Hargreaves could fulfil his ambition of playing
on the hallowed Wembley turf before May’s FA Cup final. If picked
by new manager Fabio Capello, the former Bayern Munich midfielder
could line up for England against Switzerland in a friendly match
on Wednesday 6 February.