Owen Hargreaves has a few words to say on the Champions League final, here:AC Milan want Evra:
He thought last Wednesday about breaking with his habit of striking penalties to the left because Chelsea's England players had seen him practise them over four weeks at the 2006 World Cup. That boldness was abandoned."I walked up, I thought: 'Jeez, that goal looks small,'" said Hargreaves. "I put it where I normally do." Terry, he reports, can recognise the bitter humour of the situation: "JT laughed and said, 'Yeah, it's different in training when there's nobody there, and when you go up in a match and there are 30,000 people behind in the stand."
Hargreaves has not been gloating. He aligns himself with his club manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, by reporting that the euphoria is brief. "Shortly after the game it was gone. It was a fabulous moment to put so much energy into the game and come away as a winner but I was content with the five minutes after the game. I don't need to milk a win for weeks."
AC Milan will take advantage of Patrice Evra's stalled contract negotiations with Manchester United and sign him on a free contract next summer if a deal is not struck before then.And a few words on transfer dealings from The Telegraph:
The French left-back, who has enjoyed an exceptional season as United defended their Premier League title and lifted the European Cup by beating Chelsea on penalties in Moscow last week, has only 12 months left on his contract and would become a free agent in a year's time.
Sir Alex Ferguson is determined to avoid any protracted summer transfer negotiations by adding to his squad within the next fortnight before taking a well earned break.
As the annual clamour for top European players begins in earnest following the conclusion of a season that saw United retain their Premier League crown as well as win a third European Cup, Ferguson is looking to make a small number of additions to a squad that is already the envy of most of their rivals.
Ferguson is a long time admirer of Manchester City's Micah Richards and the ongoing uncertainty over the future of manager Sven Goran Eriksson and any likely successor at Eastlands has convinced the United manager that a bid in the region of £20 million would be accepted.
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