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Ferguson slams Hargreaves 'guinea pig' charge
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September 24, 2011, Saturday
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MANCHESTER United manager Alex Ferguson defended his club's medical staff yesterday after Owen Hargreaves accused the Premier League champion of treating him like a "guinea pig" during an injury-hit spell with them.
Hargreaves, who joined rival Manchester City as a free agent in the close season after four years in the red half of the city where he made just 39 appearances, said injections he had received had hampered his recovery from knee problems.
"We've been trying to analyze all the stuff he's said this morning and we are going to have a club statement to address that," Ferguson said.
"But as far as I'm concerned ... my medical staff are one of the main reasons Manchester United have been so successful in the last few years. There is absolutely no doubt about that. We have fantastic medical staff and great sports scientists.
"That's my opinion of Manchester United and that's more important than what anyone else has got to stay about that."
Canadian-born Hargreaves, whose career has been blighted by chronic tendonitis in his knees requiring surgery, was critical of his former club.
"I received some injections and my tendon was never the same," he said. "I tried to get back on my feet and (United's medical staff) said my tendon was good, but it felt like I was made of glass. "(The injections) obviously had a huge impact. With hindsight, I probably should not have had them. It's difficult. I've had to be a guinea pig for a lot of treatments."
He also suggested he was pressured into playing against Wolves last season, his only appearance last term which lasted just five minutes when he limped off with a hamstring injury.
Hargreaves, who joined rival Manchester City as a free agent in the close season after four years in the red half of the city where he made just 39 appearances, said injections he had received had hampered his recovery from knee problems.
"We've been trying to analyze all the stuff he's said this morning and we are going to have a club statement to address that," Ferguson said.
"But as far as I'm concerned ... my medical staff are one of the main reasons Manchester United have been so successful in the last few years. There is absolutely no doubt about that. We have fantastic medical staff and great sports scientists.
"That's my opinion of Manchester United and that's more important than what anyone else has got to stay about that."
Canadian-born Hargreaves, whose career has been blighted by chronic tendonitis in his knees requiring surgery, was critical of his former club.
"I received some injections and my tendon was never the same," he said. "I tried to get back on my feet and (United's medical staff) said my tendon was good, but it felt like I was made of glass. "(The injections) obviously had a huge impact. With hindsight, I probably should not have had them. It's difficult. I've had to be a guinea pig for a lot of treatments."
He also suggested he was pressured into playing against Wolves last season, his only appearance last term which lasted just five minutes when he limped off with a hamstring injury.
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