HARGREAVES LATEST

Last updated : 25 August 2006 By Editor
From the Sun, where it's funny they should report this at all, as their back pages last Thursday screamed that he would sign that very day. Oh well…

Manchester United are ready to fight fire with fire over Owen Hargreaves. Bayern Munich are threatening to complain to FIFA about United's bid to sign their midfielder.

But United reckon they have plenty of evidence to make a complaint of their own about Bayern's approaches for Ruud Van Nistelrooy.

The Dutch striker eventually joined Real Madrid — but not until after he had been heavily courted by representatives from Munich.

The Hargreaves saga appears to have stalled. United hope the Germans will accept their £15m bid — even though Bayern claim an offer of £34m would not get him.

Relations are strained after Bayern general manager Uli Hoeness accused Hargreaves of "prostituting" himself.

Hargreaves has made it clear he wants the move — even though he signed a new four-year contract only last October.