A biography for Owen Hargreaveshasn’t been written yet.
“You like to think you will get the best advice possible but that is not always possible.”
“I was 16 years old and I'd just come to Munich from Calgary. I was staying in this youth hostel at the club, I couldn't speak a word of German and I ate nothing but schnitzel for the first six months. Life was pretty hard and lonely but I had Beckham on my wall.”
“The Bundesliga has always been a really strong league. But why would you watch the Bundesliga if you have the Premier League on your doorstep?”
“Jorginho is one of the best passers of the ball in Europe.”
“Erik ten Hag is a super coach, he did an amazing job at Ajax.”
“A lot of the top managers are great watchers. They can tell by a player's body language whether he's in form or not.”
“I don't think there is a better player you can learn from than David Silva.”
“I never took the easy step. I played for a country I wasn't even born in because I wanted to be the best.”
“Because I worked so hard at getting good at basketball, when I took that competitiveness and applied it to soccer - where I was more naturally gifted - it actually helped me so much.”
“There's only so much football you can watch.”
“I know whether I have played well or not.”
“I'm not German, so why should I wear a German jersey? If David Beckham spent five years in Germany, he'd be no less English.”
“I like the idea of working with impressionable young people - a lot of very talented kids go by the wayside.”
“As a player you know how hard it can be as an attacking player.”
“I had a wonderful time at Bayern.”
“When Pogba plays poorly it's when he takes too many touches.”
“I'm an explosive guy. My speed and athleticism are a big part of my game.”
“I probably never should have been a professional football player, based on my start! But I worked my way and, obviously, didn't finish the way I wanted. A lot of things went into that.”
“Creating competition for places is how Bayern operate. I remember when I first went into the first team, it was very much the young against the old.”
“I've never told him this but I used to have posters of David Beckham on the wall of my small room.”