Owen Hargreaves on brink of Manchester City return

07 November 2011 12:15
Owen Hargreaves is poised for a return to Manchester City's first team after assistant manager David Platt revealed the midfielder is back in training. [LNB]The former Manchester United star joined Roberto Mancini's title-chasing side on a free transfer in the summer. [LNB] In training: Hargreaves running with Tevez last week and taking a break (below) [LNB] But after scoring on his City debut against Birmingham in the Carling Cup, Hargreaves has played only 13 minutes since as he nurses a calf strain. [LNB]And Platt believes the international break has come at a good time for the injury-prone midfielder. [LNB]'He has been training for the last week so he will carry on and use the international break to keep that going,' Platt told the Manchester Evening News. [LNB] Oh no, not again! New injury blow for City's HargreavesHargreaves is talking rubbish: Ferguson hits back at claims of former United midfielderMy Manchester United agony: Hargreaves claims injections made knee injury worse[LNB] [LNB]

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