{"id":461010,"date":"2011-07-14T14:37:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T14:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/14\/leicester-move-for-former-manchester-united-midfielder-owen-hargreaves-is-on-ice-sven-goran-eriksson\/"},"modified":"2011-07-14T14:37:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T14:37:00","slug":"leicester-move-for-former-manchester-united-midfielder-owen-hargreaves-is-on-ice-sven-goran-eriksson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/14\/leicester-move-for-former-manchester-united-midfielder-owen-hargreaves-is-on-ice-sven-goran-eriksson\/","title":{"rendered":"Leicester move for former Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves is on ice &#8211; Sven-Goran Eriksson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By George Ankers<\/h3>\n<h4>14 Jul 2011 15:37:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"63.5615496017\">\n<div readability=\"18.4716981132\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Owen Hargreaves, Manchester United (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/63400\/63480_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Owen Hargreaves, Manchester United (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"24.8560953254\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/363\/leicester-city\">Leicester City<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/sweden\/2129\/sven-goran-eriksson\">Sven-Goran Eriksson<\/a> has confirmed that he has been in touch with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/2126\/owen-hargreaves\">Owen Hargreaves<\/a>\u2019 agent but admits the move is \u201con ice\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Injury-ravaged Hargreaves is a free agent after his Manchester United contract expired and Eriksson is keen to link up again with the player he previously worked with for England.<\/p>\n<p>Eriksson told <em>skysports.com<\/em>: \u201cYes, in one way we have tried to contact him. I&#8217;ve spoken to the agent now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt depends totally on Owen &#8211; the ball is in his court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is difficult that he wants to come to the Championship and I am not sure he is 100 per cent fit at the moment, so right now it is on ice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#8217;t even know if he is fit or if he wants to play but if he wants to speak to us, we are more than willing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hargreaves recently posted several videos on YouTube to prove his fitness with a series of training drills.<\/p>\n<p>Premier League side West Brom are also reportedly interested in the former Bayern Munich man.<\/p>\n<p>But Hargreaves may be tempted by the prospect of reuniting with Eriksson, who introduced him into the England international set-up in 2001.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/14\/2574700\/leicester-move-for-former-manchester-united-midfielder-owen\" title=\"Leicester move for former Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves is on ice - Sven-Goran Eriksson\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leicester move for former Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves is on ice &#8211; Sven-Goran Eriksson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By George Ankers 14 Jul 2011 15:37:00 Owen Hargreaves, Manchester United (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Leicester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has confirmed that he has been in touch with Owen Hargreaves \u2019 agent but admits the move is \u201con ice\u201d. Injury-ravaged Hargreaves is a free agent after his Manchester United contract expired and Eriksson is keen to link up again with the player he previously worked with for England<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Leicester move for former Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves is on ice - Sven-Goran Eriksson - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/14\/leicester-move-for-former-manchester-united-midfielder-owen-hargreaves-is-on-ice-sven-goran-eriksson\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Leicester move for former Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves is on ice - Sven-Goran Eriksson - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By George Ankers 14 Jul 2011 15:37:00 Owen Hargreaves, Manchester United (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Leicester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has confirmed that he has been in touch with Owen Hargreaves \u2019 agent but admits the move is \u201con ice\u201d. 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