Bayern would consider offer for Hargreaves

Bayern Munich will consider selling Owen Hargreaves if a big offer comes in at the end of the season, club president Franz Beckenbauer said yesterday.

Bayern rejected approaches from Manchester United earlier this season but their determination to hold on to the 26-year-old England midfielder may be wavering.

"If we really get an offer of 25 or 30 million euros for Hargreaves I would think about it very seriously," Beckenbauer told Premiere TV in Germany.

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is now in charge of the running of the club, with Beckenbauer more of a figurehead. Rummenigge and club manager Uli Hoeness, together with coach Ottmar Hitzfeld, would between them decide on whether to sell the player.

"I think the club management think the same, as a way of satisfying the wishes of the player," Beckenbauer added.

Hargreaves recently came back from a broken leg and has won back his place in the Bayern team.