Free agent Hargreaves heads to QPR in bid to prove his fitness

Owen Hargreaves has started training with Queens Park Rangers in another desperate bid to try to salvage his career.

The midfielder, 31, was released by Manchester City at the end of last season after failing to make an impact.

Crock: Owen Hargreaves has struggled with problems in recent years

 

Rivals Manchester United had let him go a year earlier, too, as the injury problems which have plagued his career looked to have ended it prematurely.

Hargreaves, for whom Sir Alex Ferguson agreed to pay Bayern Munich £17million in 2007, has suffered serious knee problems but refused to give up on playing at the top level again.
He played 27 games in his four seasons at Old Trafford, but one of these was the 2008 Champions League win. QPR manager Mark Hughes said: 'Owen is training with the group. There is no obligation for either party.

Chance: Mark Hughes (right) has allowed Owen Hargreaves to train

'He is keen to retain his fitness and we are more than happy to help him by allowing him to train with us and use our facility at Harlington.'
Hargreaves, who has been living in Cheshire, made just four appearances for City last season, with the last of them in January.
He said last month: 'I don't want to chase something. If I get the right fit, I will go for it.'