The Globe and Mail stirred the pot last month with revelations that the Vancouver Whitecaps were actively pursuing Canadian-born England midfielder Owen Hargreaves, and it looks like that interest has yet to subside.
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Hargreaves is currently a free agent after Manchester United decided against renewing his contract due to an injury plagued time with the club and now the Province's Marc Weber is reporting that Whitecaps co-owner Jeff Mallett recently had dinner with the player in Vancouver.
The controversial midfielder, who elected to play for Wales at underage level and England at senior level after being cut by an underage team, has reportedly received an offer from English Premier League side West Bromwich Albion.
Hargreaves is a polarizing figure in Canadian soccer, so it would be interesting to see how Whitecaps fans would react to the signing of the former Bayern Munich midfielder if it came to pass.
Perhaps even more interesting would be the reaction of his oh-so-fragile knees to the artificial turf at Empire Field, and once again at the newly renovated B.C. Place.
Canadian Soccer News will keep you posted on this story as it develops.
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Martin MacMahon is a broadcast journalism student at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. He covers Vancouver Whitecaps FC for a number of soccer websites.
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