30 Aug 2011

Hargreaves' Two Finger Salute To Man Utd

So it is increasingly looking like Manchester City will take Owen Hargreaves on a free transfer before the transfer deadline approaches tomorrow evening, and i cant help thinking that on Hargreaves behalf his statement by joining our City rivals is a two finger salute to everybody at Manchester United and its supporters.

Hargreaves joined United in 2007 in a 17million pound transfer and in his first season at the club won the premier league and champions league trophies to cap an impressive first season. His second season never really got started as a patellar tendinitis problem on both his knees restricted his appearances, and it is at this point that United stood by Hargreaves and along with paying his weekly wage paid for his rehabilitation in America to try and rectify his injury problems.

After making only 27 appearances for United in May this year Hargreaves was told that he could leave the club and that he would not be offered a new contract due to the club not receiving any guarantees about his future fitness from the specialists that worked with him on his rehabilitation.

Hargreaves come out fighting after his release from United and even filmed a video of himself training in a gym that he posted on youtube in hope of earning a contract at another club. And it did not take long before it was reported that certain premier league teams had shown an interest in him and were willing to take a chance on him.
Today's developments that Manchester City have approached him and want to add him to their ranks has angered me and i am trying to understand why he would join the blue half after United and the supporters stood by him through his injury plagued career? I am sure their are other teams interested who could offer him first team football? Or is his motivated by the financial aspect of a move to the Ethidad stadium, because he would struggle to get into a team that already has a strong midfield department.

If Hargreaves does sign for City then his four seasons at United will mean nothing to the supporters, this is surly a parting shot at the club for realising him and not offering him a new contract, and he will be viewed the same as Carlos Tevez by the United faithful.

One thing that he obviously did not learn in his four years at Old Trafford is that their are two teams in Manchester, and an intense bitter rivalry between the two, and making the switch from one of them teams to the other is unforgivable by the supporters and club who stood by you.

I have also listened to a lot of supporters today wishing him well, wishing him well as he moves to Man City?

Like i said earlier, Hargreaves mite as well stick two fingers up to all the United supporters if as reported he signs on the dotted line for City.

7 comments:

  1. This is embarrassing.

    Law, Giggs, Kidd, Coton, Schmeichel, McIlroy, Barnes - all players that crossed the divide one way or the other and let's not forget Matt Busby. Amazingly the world didn't stop turning.

    Footballers are paid to do a job and if the "other" club wants to pay them they'll take the money.As long as they gave 100% no one cared where they'd played before. Barnes was dyed-in-the -wool blue and Kidd was red through-and-through. Both were boyhood fans of their clubs and neither had a problem playing for the other.

    And Hargreaves wasn't a transfer as he's a free agent.

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  2. What a bitter person we tossed him on the road so why shouldn't he sign for a local club?

    Have you ever lost a job? Did you join a competitor? Stop winging get behind the club and the green and gold army will rise again!

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  3. Embarrassing and bitter?

    He should realise the hatred and rivalry between the clubs after four years Old Trafford ?

    So you would be happy to see him move to Man City and help them to win the premier league title?

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  4. The hatred is in your head! We don't need to like them and rivaly is a great thing but you need to relax. He offered to play for us for free!!! Concentrate on our own team and stop being bitter your sounding like an bertie!

    There is no doubt City are gonna win the league sooner or later based on their spending but we need to get behind the green and gold!

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  5. I appreciate your comments as I am interested in every ones opinions. It is what makes football so interesting.

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  6. niall mc clelland.3 September 2011 at 16:11

    i would'nt worry to much about hargreaves he's crap anyway.

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  7. A brilliant player in my opinion if he can stay free of injury.

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