The Hargreaves Transfer theory and tonights game against Charlton

There are 2 things I want to talk about this morning and they are, not surprisingly, the Hargreaves saga and our away game tonight against Charlton. There is enough to talk about with these two issues alone that I could be writing this article all day. But fear not I will try to condense it as much as possible.

I will start with the potential Hargreaves transfer. A few people commented yesterday on the saga and together I think we have discovered what is actually going on. At this point I’d just like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who posted yesterday, your thoughts are invaluable to this blog and have helped me no-end in coming up with this theory. So this is what a few of us think has happened (sorry if this sounds like a conspiracy theory).

During the summer Fergie was interested in signing 2 midfielders. He landed Carrick, but still wanted of a utility player to complete the midfield jigsaw. Fergie himself has said on record that he wanted to sign Hargreaves before the world cup began. At this point Ruud Van Nistelrooy was unsettled and was desperate to leave old Trafford. Guess what? Baayern Munich were interested in him, see where I’m going with this? What I believe happened is an attempted swap deal was being engineered behind closed doors. Bayern Munich offered a contract to Ruud Van Nistelrooy and we offered a contract to Hargreaves, hence the reason for Hargreaves saying “the offer from Manchester United is fantastic” when we are supposedly not allowed to talk to the player.

When Ruud decided to move to Real Madrid, the deal broke down. Bayern Munich were fuming that Manchester United had allowed Ruud to move to spain and not Germany and all negotiations broke down. On discovering this, Owen Hargreaves who desperately wants to move to Manchester United, wanted to keep the deal alive and so said the things he did to the press. On hearing this, Fergie was delighted and dispatched Gill to negotiate a deal. Bayern Munich who are obviously not happy with missing out on Ruud, do not want to sell to Manchester United on principle as they did not encourage Ruud to move to Germany. It would seem as though Manchester United have it all their own way.

This scenario would explain a few things. The first is the fact that Fergie said that he had hoped Ruud had gone to Germany as it would have helped them sign Owen. Secondly it would eplain why Hargreaves had been offered a contract by Man Utd and furthermore why Bayern Munich hasn’t reported it. Thirdly it would explain the tough stance Munich are now taking with the player. It all makes sense to me, does it to you? Am I just getting paranoid?

OK let’s move on to tonight’s game against Charlton. Ronaldo faces his first away game and he is guaranteed to get a fair few boo’s. Thing is he seems to thrive on the booing, as though he has a point to prove. He played outstandingly in the world cup under fierce scrutiny. The player has received similar treatment here for Man Utd in the past. Fans call him a show pony and hate to see him humiliate their defenders week in week out. He has his team mates around him now; with several of them coming out to the press saying they will support him (he knows that already).

What do you think the starting line-up will be? And perhaps more importantly what do you think the score will be? I’m going to go with 2-1 to United, nine points from the first 3 games is imperative if we are to challenge this season. Over to you…