Hargreaves out for the rest of the Season.

Breaking on SSN.

BOTH knees need operating on...........

Oh for £#%&!s sake ....

All that shit with Bayern...

All that £#%&!ing money...

and we get a midfield version of Saha.

Well, he helped us win the league and the european cup last season, so if this sorts him out once and for all, then i'm not bothered, espescially if it means some youngsters get more games, ie Possebon

He's had the operation on the right knee but his Left needs work as well now......

Gutted for the lad, it must be heartbreaking for him.

If thia was guaranteed to cure him he's still young enough to come back. At least they finally found out what was up with him. Another victory for the ace United medical team.

He is desperate to play for us, feel sorry for the lad.

Hope his recovery is as quick as possible.

He's over in Colorado at Steadmans place.

Interview with the doc on SSN after the break....

Full details..

If it isnt on the net already...

Was just thinking how he could well have been the difference last season between success and failure...he had a major hand in some of the key games...was often MOM when he played...such energy and drive...and looked the part in the shirt. Gutted for him, and also gutted that Cougarism as a movement will have to be put on hold until next season..

Was it always both knees?

Excuse me if it was common knowledge....

Originally Posted by Teville

Was just thinking how he could well have been the difference last season between success and failure...he had a major hand in some of the key games...was often MOM when he played...such energy and drive...and looked the part in the shirt. Gutted for him, and also gutted that Cougarism as a movement will have to be put on hold until next season..

Give him a free transfer to Everton. nft.

I always thought it was just his right knee? Never heard anything about his left being a problem.

Double knee surgery is no joke.

Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves has been ruled out for the rest of the season.

The England international travelled to Colorado for a meeting with renowned surgeon Dr Richard Steadman after being plagued by a tendinitis problem for almost two years.

And United have confirmed Hargreaves has had surgery on his right knee and will have a further operation on his left knee in a fortnight, ruling him out for the remainder of the campaign.

Although Hargreaves played in May's Champions League Final triumph over Chelsea in Moscow, it was virtually the only time he did get on to the field.

Ruled out of his first pre-season campaign following an £18million move from Bayern Munich, the 27-year-old sat out another this summer.

He has been restricted to just three appearances this term, one of them an effective performance against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, and has become increasingly frustrated at a problem that would not go away.

Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed on Friday that Hargreaves had recently seen specialists in London and Sweden without being able to get the injury resolved, sparking fears his career might be in jeopardy.

Those doubts will not go away until Hargreaves has returned to action on a full-time basis.

However, in Steadman, the Calgary-born star knows he is in safe hands, even if most of his football-related work has been treating cruciate knee ligament injuries.

Hargreaves should have some company too as former United star Ruud van Nistelrooy has flown to see Steadman - the man who performed his own cruciate operation - for treatment on a knee injury that has recently surfaced.

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Originally Posted by Ether

I always thought it was just his right knee? Never heard anything about his left being a problem.

Double knee surgery is no joke.

I bet there is a joke in there somewhere. Not sure where, mind.

Great player. If it sorts it long term its worth it. Forza Cougar.

Originally Posted by koppas

Give him a free transfer to Everton. nft.

Originally Posted by koppas

I bet there is a joke in there somewhere. Not sure where, mind.

This is not a laughing matter.

Originally Posted by Ether

I always thought it was just his right knee? Never heard anything about his left being a problem.

Double knee surgery is no joke.

I wouldn't be surprised if the right knee injury caused the left. Compensating for an injury almost always results in other injuries.