Fergie can't forget Hargreaves
By Phil Jackson - Created on 19 Oct 2006
http://tinyurl.com/t74qu (SKY SPORTS)
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson admits he still regrets not
landing Owen Hargreaves this summer.
The Red Devils targeted the Bayern Munich midfielder throughout the close
season, as they look to end Chelsea's recent dominance in The Premiership.
Despite Hargreaves claiming he would be keen on a move to Old Trafford,
the Bundesliga champions resisted United's offers and have held onto him
at the Allianz Arena.
The 25-year-old has suffered a broken leg since, but Ferguson still insists
the acquisition of the Canadian-born player would provide him with a full
complement of midfielders in his squad.
"If we had got Owen Hargreaves it would have given us a complete variation
of the type of midfield players you need in the modern game," Ferguson told
the League Managers' website.
"We focused on Michael Carrick and Owen right away. We got one and didn't
get the other.
"We are disappointed we didn't get Owen but we have people like Darren
Fletcher and John O'Shea developing. Paul Scholes has also returned, Ryan
Giggs is showing his maturity and experience, which is helping everyone
and you also have a younger player like Kieran Richardson."
But the fiery Scotsman also paid tribute to another of his midfielders,
Park Ji-sung.
The energetic South Korean is currently out of action with ankle ligament
damage and Ferguson says it has been a big loss for his squad.
"Ji-sung is probably one of the most under-rated players I have ever had
at this club," the boss added.
"The players love him, even all the staff say 'you can't leave Park Ji-sung
out of your team'. He has become a very important player."
Ferguson, now nearing his 20th anniversary at the United helm, will hope
his team can continue their stellar start to the season against arch-rivals
Liverpool on Sunday.
弗爵爺仍渴求哈格裡夫斯 堅稱有了他中場就完美
2006-10-19 21:17:16 來源: 網易體育專稿 作者：lewilee
http://sports.163.com/06/1019/21/2TQVS7PI00051CCL.html
網易體育10月19日訊
今年夏天，曼聯對拜仁中場哈格裡夫斯發出了盛邀。儘管這位英格蘭國腳非常渴望
投奔老特拉福德，但德甲班霸始終都沒正眼看過紅魔的報價單，最終還是強硬地把這位
中場悍將留在了安聯球場。未能如願得到這位賢才，弗格森爵士至今都懊悔不已，不過
曼聯主帥並沒有就此洩氣，他引入哈格裡夫斯的決心沒有半點動搖。
真是造化弄人。新賽季開幕沒多久，25歲的哈格裡夫斯便在同比勒費爾德的聯賽中
脛骨骨折，至今仍然在休養之中。雖然長期遠離人們的視線，但曼聯主帥弗格森並沒有
就此淡忘了哈格裡夫斯。爵爺仍然強調，如果能夠得到這位出生在加拿大的英格蘭國腳
，那麼球隊的中場配置將趨於完美。
「如果我們能夠得到歐文-哈格裡夫斯，那麼在現代比賽中，你就擁有了所有不同種
類的中場球員，」在接受聯盟教練員協會官網採訪時，弗格森對哈格裡夫斯有著相當高
的評價。
「我們當時就把目光聚焦在了邁克爾-卡裡克和歐文身上。結果我們得到了其中一個
，並沒有擁有另一個。」弗爵爺滿懷遺憾地表示，「沒能得到歐文，我們都非常失望。
不過我們擁有像達倫-弗萊徹和約翰-奧謝這樣一直都在進步的球員。保羅-斯科爾斯也已
經回來了，瑞恩-吉格斯體現著自己的成熟和經驗，這一點可以幫助每一個人。而且你還
擁有像基蘭-理查德森這樣的年輕人。」
與此同時，這位火爆的蘇格蘭老人也沒有冷落了他的另一位弟子－樸智星。這位體
能充沛的韓國國腳因為腳踝韌帶撕裂目前仍在養傷，弗格森認為他的缺陣對於球隊是一
個莫大的打擊。「智星或許是我在這家俱樂部看到的最被低估的球員之一。」
「球員們都很喜歡他，甚至所有的俱樂部工作人員都異口同聲地說：『你不能把樸
智星排除到你的球隊之外』。他已經成長為了一名非常重要的球員。」弗格森表示。
1986年11月6日，弗格森入主曼聯，很快便帶領這家百年老字號走出了困境。自英超
創立以來，弗爵爺統帥球隊豪奪8座錦標，並且在99年成就三冠王偉業，開闢了赫赫一時
的紅魔王朝。彈指一揮間，轉眼就將迎來弗格森執教曼聯的20週年紀念日。
本週日，曼聯將在老特拉福德迎戰勁敵利物浦，弗爵爺殷切期待自己的隊伍拿下這
場惡鬥的勝利、延續勝利的步伐。更遠一點想，他非常渴望能夠用聯賽冠軍為從教20年
里程碑獻禮。
（lewilee）
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