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zocoss SG

Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness has slammed Owen Hargreaves for continuing to reiterate his desire to join Manchester United.

The England international has emerged as a transfer target for The Red Devils after his impressive performances in The Three Lions' recent games.

Hargreaves has confirmed he is keen to quit the German champions to move to Old Trafford but Bayern continue to be a stumbling block in the switch.

The Allianz Arena outfit are determined to resist United's advances to keep the 25-year-old at the club and have now hit out at the player for his behaviour in trying to orchestrate his exit.

Hoeness is adamant the Canadian-born midfielder will not be leaving the club during the summer and has warned Hargreaves to accept the decision or face the consequences.

"I would advise him to keep his mouth shut now or else I will get really angry and that won't be very good for him," Hoeness fumed.

"I simply can't understand why he keeps going on about it after the two talks we had.

"He will not be allowed to leave and he must learn to accept the decisions of his bosses. That is simply a question of respect."

Hargreaves played no part in Sunday's 2-1 victory over Bochum and spent the game on the bench following a bout of flu.

zocoss SG

Damn Bayern Munich, the player don't want to play for them anymore let him go lah right... Not say they are letting him go for free... $13 to $17m already very good what. Keep him for what? his family all in England somemore got a big club like United want him sure he wants to go back what.

Hope Hargreaves continues to give interviews to the papers saying he no longer wants to play for Bayern... Then the fans will not want him at Munich and the GM have no choice but let him go...

Right now it all depends on Hargreaves himself... He must continue to make noise and make Bayern give up on him... Laughing

tarcki SG

lol... juz like how saha keep making noise b4 he move to manu, shall call him 4 tips. Laughing

F.raon.I.R SG

now that bayern has made their stand so firm n clear...its up to hargreaves now...if he dun make noise n kp to bayern he wanna go manU,there's nth that can be done,of coz manu muz oso continuing applying the pressure on bayern
so hargreaves muz make NOISE Twisted Evil

Dead_Man_Inc SG

Shocked Shocked Shocked

Master -_- SG

He must call Jose Reyes la... Get a newspaper and snap him wearing Man Utd jersey Laughing

imprezaWRXSTi22B SG

hahaha. i like this thread.

CKeer SG

Or Robinho. Haha! Laughing

Cheers.
C.K

iceFatboy SG

I do admire BM in standing firm, and since they lost ballack, I bet they would want to hang on to OH if possible.

I am unsure how strong a written transfer request works.

with OH, we will be stronger but it depends on how it works out.

We have yet to see Carrick play so we may need the funds for a striker cause we do have ginger-head back (scholes - my fav player) back.

zocoss SG

Getting Hargreaves is not just for now but also for the future cos ginger-head is already 31, at best he may have another 2yrs at the top level or maybe 1 cos he won't be able to run like he has been doing all these years liao very soon... and what if he is injure? Thats is why Owen & Carrick will be the eventual pair with carrick being able to pass the ball aroung better... Did you watch, A spurs without carrick look a little lost when goin forward... Zokaran not used to the EPL yet...

Dead_Man_Inc SG

since he already said he want to come to old trafford, BM should start negotiation.. or are they trying to get more $$ from the sale of this player?

zocoss SG

Of course Hoeness wants him to keep his mouth shut or else if he keep going on like this and keep saying he doesn't want to play for BM anymore, the fans will not be happy and will probably demand Hoeness sells him... and he won't have a choice but to let him go right...

Hoeness already said, "I advise him i will get really angry and that won't be very good for him," they are already telling him there will be consequences...

Hargreaves should just continue to say even if he is force to stay back, he won't be a happy player and it will effect his game... Laughing Then Bayern Munich will have to think twice before rejecting Man u's offer again...

zocoss SG

Bayern Munich have warned Owen Hargreaves to forget about a move to Manchester United.

United are keen to sign the 25-year-old midfielder, who has also expressed a desire to move to Old Trafford.

But the German club's general manager Uli Hoeness said: "Hargreaves is well advised to keep quiet.

Hargreaves is under contract until 2010 and Bayern, who lost midfield partner Michael Ballack to Chelsea this summer, are determined he will not be leaving.

zocoss SG

Bayern threaten United with FIFA action

ERLIN, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Bayern Munich have threatened to report Manchester United to FIFA if they do not give up their pursuit of England midfielder Owen Hargreaves.

The German champions told the English club last week to cease all interest in the 25-year-old Hargreaves.

'Otherwise we will turn to FIFA,' Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told the Munich-based tz newspaper on Tuesday. 'A club may only contact a player when the club holding his contract agrees to it.'

United manager Alex Ferguson confirmed on Friday that he wanted to bring in Hargreaves, who could help fill the gap left by Roy Keane. Hargreaves himself has been quoted as saying he would like to move to United.

The midfielder has a contract with Bayern running until 2010.

Newspapers have speculated that United might be prepared to pay 25 million euros ($32.15 million) for a player who greatly enhanced his reputation during England's run to the World Cup quarter-finals.

Bayern said they left Hargreaves out of their squad for Sunday's 2-1 win over Bochum in the Bundesliga because of a bout of flu. He will miss Tuesday's friendly match against Barcelona at the Nou Camp for the same reason.

Dead_Man_Inc SG

is BM for real? Laughing

dinky1409 SG

I don’t understand… If a player wishes to leave so badly, might as well let him do so. No point keeping a player who won’t be 100% motivated to play.. If Hargreaves keep up this way, he probably won’t stay in Bayern for long but the question is when Bayern will allow him to leave. Probably after the Champions League squad selection just so that Hargreaves can’t play CL football…

zocoss SG

Bayern just want to prove that they are a big club thats all... and won't be push about... Rummenigge said: "We are not Hamburg, who let Khalid Boulahrouz go at the first sign he wants out. We are FC Bayern. "We do not just let anybody go - the employer decides here, not the employee."

I think they are hoping for Aug 31 to pass, they don't want to play Hargreaves at the moment cos probably they don't want people to see he has no heart to run at the moment... so say he has the flu... Maybe they are hoping after Aug 31, Hargreaves would give up the idea then they can convince him to play again.

Its now up to Hargreaves to make it very clear to Bayern that he wants to leave and even if they are successful in forcing him to stay, He won't be happy even after Aug 31.

Time for him to fight for it... But it seems like he is the afraid type... not dare to talk much or go against the boss kind.

stellazio SG

wrong, if they hold on till 31st august, they're smart. because owen is now an england regular, and he needs to play to be selected for england. so he ll will have to play for BM, even though he won't give full effort i guess.. Laughing

imprezaWRXSTi22B SG

owen juz go on strike la. dun play for BM. check out gallas. and ashley cole. Mr. Green

stellazio SG

so BM dun play him, den he don't need to appear for england meh?