Bayern Munich Get Stroppy

Seems like Manchester United - that most honourable and upstanding of Premiership football clubs (cough) - are doing it again.

It's hardly a secret that they are after Owen Hargreaves. In fact even Hargreaves himself has mentioned their interest.

Only one problem for Utd - Bayern Munich think he's quite a good player and don't want to sell him.

This doesn't seem to have stopped Man U , however and now those lovely Germans at Bayern are threatening to report United for tapping up.

Their Chairman, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, commented : "We have told Manchester United to drop their interest, or we will have to turn to FIFA...A club can only contact a player when the club, who owns the player's registration, is in agreement."

Maybe this time, someone really will report Man Utd to FIFA or UEFA, because this is far from the first time this has happened. But I really doubt it. The problem with the top European clubs is that they all sell and buy players from each other and are always wary of offending the other elite teams.

It would be nice to think it might happen though.