FERGIE TO TAKE HARGREAVES GAMBLE
Sir Alex Ferguson could take a £20million gamble on Owen Hargreaves
before he recovers from his broken leg. The Bayern Munich
midfielder is Manchester United's number one New Year transfer
target, despite being sidelined from the injury he suffered in
September.
Hargreaves is expected to be out of action for another six weeks
but according to the Sunday Mirror, Ferguson is ready to double the
original offer United made in the summer. Although the deal would
hang on the England international passing a medical, Ferguson
indicated on Saturday night that he did not regard his slow
recovery has a major obstacle.
He said: "The broken leg issue is there with Hargreaves but you can
still sign a player if he comes through a medical. "We will have to
wait and see what happend. Other than that, I can't say anything
more because I don't want to upset those poor Germans again."
However the German giants are ready to make an audacious bid to
include Gabriel Heinze as part of the deal.
PSG, Inter Milan and Real Madrid are all reportedly interested in
signing the Argentine but Bayern are in the best position to use
his apparent availability to their advantage.
