Henrik Larsson to leave United

andrew1977

What a pity !! He mad a good contribution to United even in a short space of time . What a football brain that man has . He will be missed.

"Henrik Larsson will not extend his loan period at Manchester United and is set to leave the club next month.
The 35-year-old Swedish striker, who began his loan spell with the Premiership leaders in January, will return to Helsingborg on 12 March.

"I'm not saying that I'm not flattered or grateful to get the opportunity to extend my stay but there are other things I need to think about," he said.

"The Swedish season starts at the end of March. I need to get back for it."

The former Celtic and Barcelona forward also revealed he was not comfortable with having to commute from Sweden.

"I am going back and forward and it's not an ideal situation," he said.

But he added: "This is a great adventure for me.

"I arrived in January and I'm going home in March to play in Sweden. It suits me perfectly."

Larsson has scored two goals in eight games for United, including a strike on his debut against Aston Villa.

He made his name at Celtic where he scored 242 goals in over 300 games for the Scottish giants and found the net twice during the 3-2 defeat to Porto in 2003 Uefa Cup final.
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cournioni

No surprise there really, he was always going to go back to Helsingborg.

evad_lhorg

this could change it all for united with Saha back to his usual form :rolleyes:

andrew1977

evad_lhorg wrote:

this could change it all for united with Saha back to his usual form :rolleyes:

Couldnt agree more with you , Saha to rescue us late in a match or make that vital pass to change a game... not a chance in my opinion
Not a top class striker like United should have

event

what do you mean his usual form?

he has 12 goals this year lads, he hasnt been playing as well of late but he is one of the reasons you are top of the eague

andrew1977

Average strikers can knock in 12 goals in the Premiership, to make the difference on the bigger stage ,ie the champions league is the task Louis is not up to .Top class teams have top class strikers to get them out of a tight situation at vital times.Louis Saha is not Uniteds solution

madds

I think this could be Fergie's mind games at work....will he stay or won't he? Chelski will be delighted at this morning's comments from Larsson, but as for him walking away from a Premiership winners medal and another crack at the Champions League....? I'll believe it when I see it.

Ronan|Raven

Or maybe in this day and age where integrity among players doesnt seem to exist much he will keep his promise to Helsingborg and return to them as promised.

event

andrew1977 wrote:

Average strikers can knock in 12 goals in the Premiership, to make the difference on the bigger stage ,ie the champions league is the task Louis is not up to .Top class teams have top class strikers to get them out of a tight situation at vital times.Louis Saha is not Uniteds solution

i wouldnt just knock him yet, he has only ever started 6 games in the champions league for manu, scoring 4 goals?

thats quite a return

leeroybrown

I'm not entirely surprised that he's going back. After all he turned down the chance to stay another (very lucrative) season at Barcelona as he wanted to move back to Sweden with his family. The stay at United was ideal because it allowed him to extend his playing career during an off season break.

Nalz

There is now talks of him staying for an extra 3 weeks as the Swedish league doesnt start on March the 12, it starts April the 9th or something like that. I honestly believe that come March 12 if United are in the semis of FA Cup and quarters of Champions League, how can the man leave? A man of his word maybe...but the chance to do it at 35 in his first and last season in the so called "best league in the world" should be too big to miss out on

Necronomicon

He reinforced his intent last night in the post-match interview after the Lille game.

ziggy

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Kojak

He definatly will be missed by United. He may not have gotten amongst the goals as much as he would have liked, but with his assists and astute (sp?) football brain - he brought more to the team than just goals.

Now they only have Solskjaer to be used as an impact sub - if he hits a bad patch of form, Sir Alex could be in big trouble.

stovelid

I think there is always an andy cole Gary Neville type perception about LS.

A lingering negative opinion despite hard evidence to the contrary.

LS has performed well when fit. Saha has scored goals when asked thus far.

We should wait and watch him in the later stages of the CL (if possible ) before we say he's can't do it at that level.

event wrote:

i wouldnt just knock him yet, he has only ever started 6 games in the champions league for manu, scoring 4 goals?

thats quite a return