It’s been a rough year and a half for England International Owen Hargreaves after undergoing multiple operations after injury out his career in doubt, but Sir Alex Ferguson has come out in the press saying the 28 year old will join up with Manchester United in Germany in two weeks time to start his full training with the squad.

Via BBC 

“We are happy with his rehabilitation and while he won’t be ready to play in Munich, he will train,” Ferguson said.

“I think we are looking at the end of September depending on how he reacts.”

A 22-man United squad arrived in Malaysia in Friday ahead of their Far East tour – a trip which has had to exclude Monday’s planned match in Indonesia following a bomb attack on the Jakarta hotel they were going to stay in.

Hargreaves will be desperate to reignite his United career, having only started 25 times since a £17m move from Bayern Munich in July 2007.

It has been a frustrating spell at Old Trafford for the Canadian-born midfielder, who last played for United in the 1-1 draw with Chelsea on 21 September 2008.

His condition, patellar tendinitis, can be described as inflammation of the tendon that attaches the quadriceps (thigh muscle) to the tibia (shin bone).

Hargreaves will be joined in Germany at the end of the month by centre-half Nemanja Vidic and summer signing Antonio Valencia, who have also missed the trip to Malaysia, South Korea and China.

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