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Hargreaves can play key role for City - Mancini

ESPN staff
September 9, 2011
Owen Hargreaves joined Manchester City on deadline day © Getty Images
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Roberto Mancini believes Owen Hargreaves will be more than a bit-part player for Manchester City.

Hargreaves was a surprise deadline day signing for City, and while Mancini has admitted he would have preferred either Fernando Gago or Daniele De Rossi, he believes Hargreaves can play a key role for City.

"Hargreaves was a free transfer, he was without a team," Mancini said. "We needed a midfielder and we thought that he could be good for us because Hargreaves was a fantastic player.

"He had a big [injury] problem in the last two years but I hope he can play very well for us. We have injury problems at the moment. I think if Hargreaves is fit in two weeks he will play for us.

"He is 30 years old, he is young. He was very unlucky the last two years."

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