Owen Hargreaves to Manchester City: Really?

Former Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves is being linked with a shock move to Manchester City today, after he was pictured leaving a hospital the club uses for medicals.

Hargreaves was snapped by The Sun outside the Bridgewater Hospital in Manchester—the very same used to conduct Samir Nasri's medical prior to completion of his move from Arsenal to City.

It the deal goes through it will be one of the most remarkable of the summer. Hargreaves is a free agent after being released by United as a result of his ongoing injury problems. Many thought his career at the highest level was over.

The 30-year-old managed just 39 appearances in four years at Old Trafford—the result of chronic knee problems and a serious hamstring injury. In May this year Sir Alex Ferguson decided enough was enough and decided against offering Hargreaves a new deal.

But Hargreaves tried to prove his fitness to would-be suitors by posting YouTube clips of himself in the gym and has recently been heavily linked with a move to West Bromwich Albion.

Tottenham have also been mentioned, but could Hargreaves yet find himself playing for the richest club in the league—and with a genuine shot at taking on United for the title? Stranger things have happened.