Overview

• Owen Hargreaves told That Peter Crouch Podcast that Sir Alex Ferguson offered to make him a cup of tea during recruitment talks and the gesture left him uncomfortable.
• Hargreaves joined Manchester United from Bayern Munich in July 2007 for a reported £17 million.
• He played a major role in his debut season’s success, featuring heavily in the Premier League and Champions League campaigns.
• From 2008 to 2011 he made only a handful of further appearances due to serious knee and thigh injuries, including 573 days out with knee problems and 148 with thigh issues.
• In his autobiography Ferguson called the signing a disaster and questioned Hargreaves’ confidence, to which Hargreaves responded on BT Sport by defending his professionalism and urging private dialogue.