Man Utd still confident Hargreaves will return this season
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson insists Owen Hargreaves will eventually return to first team action despite being left out of United's Champions League squad.
Hargreaves has not played for United since September 2008, when he finally decided to undergo revolutionary knee surgery in America to try to cure a chronic tendinitis problem that dates back to his time at Bayern Munich.
Knowing there was no chance of the 29 year old being fit for the Champions League knock-out round clash with AC Milan later this month, Ferguson opted to leave the player out of his 25-man squad, which had to be submitted to UEFA by the end of last month.
"Owen's recovery is slow," admitted Ferguson.
"It is a year and a half now and I can't put a time on it.
"But he will be back. He could come back and make an impact on the league for us. Hopefully he does.
"There are more games in the league than there are in the European Cup and I don't need to register him for the league."
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Matches
| Home | Away | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat May 5th | |||
| Hertha BSC | Hoffenheim | 3 - 1 | 13:30 |
| Werder Bremen | Schalke 04 | 2 - 3 | 13:30 |
| Stuttgart | Wolfsburg | 3 - 2 | 13:30 |
| Hannover 96 | Kaiserslautern | 2 - 1 | 13:30 |
| Köln | Bayern München | 1 - 4 | 13:30 |
| Mainz 05 | Borussia M'gladbach | - 3 | 13:30 |
| Augsburg | Hamburger SV | 13:30 | |
| Borussia Dortmund | Freiburg | 13:30 | |
| Nürnberg | Bayer Leverkusen | 1 - 4 | 13:30 |
Tables
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 81 |
| Bayern Munchen | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 55 | 73 |
| Schalke 04 | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 64 |
| Borussia M'gladbach | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 60 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 54 |
| Stuttgart | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 53 |
| Hannover 96 | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | -4 | 48 |
| Wolfsburg | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 44 |
| Werder Bremen | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 42 |
| Nurnberg | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | -11 | 42 |
| Hoffenheim | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | -6 | 41 |
| Freiburg | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | -16 | 40 |
| Mainz 05 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | -4 | 39 |
| Augsburg | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | -13 | 38 |
| Hamburger SV | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | -22 | 36 |
| Hertha BSC | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -26 | 31 |
| Koln | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -36 | 30 |
| Kaiserslautern | 34 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -30 | 23 |
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