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Hargreaves seeks Euro glory

18 Sep 2007 - 08:03:17

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Midfielder Owen Hargreaves is confident that Manchester United have the potential to win this season's Champions League.

The 26-year-old England schemer, who is currently sidelined by a thigh injury, won the title with Bayern Munich six years ago and is backing his new club to be among the main contenders this term.

He said: "The amount of individual talent we have at United is bigger than we had at Bayern when we won the Champions League.

"What we did at Bayern was defend well and counter-attack well. The Champions League is similar to all major tournaments, where teams tend to be cautious and don't want to risk losing matches because there aren't many games.

"At United we will play offensive, attractive football. That's what we want to do. We will play attractive football and I am sure we will be extremely successful.

"We haven't been able to play a so-called full strength team yet, but I am extremely excited about the future.

"There are more clubs capable of winning the European Cup now. When we won it at Bayern in 2001 and when United did in 1999 there were a few select teams who could be successful.

"But now every English team in the competition has the potential to win it.

"In my opinion possibly the major favourites would be Man United, Barcelona, Real Madrid and the holders AC Milan.

"But then you have Chelsea and Liverpool, who have shown they are very difficult to beat in Europe as well. It is very open."