Separated at birth: Lords of the impossible journey
Frodo Baggins’ Owen thought as he sat on the physio’s table for the millionth time. ‘That’s right, I’ll model myself on the Lord of the Rings protagonist. It’s perfect; he searched for the ring in the same way that I’m searching for full fitness. Both are almost impossible quests and yet it Frodo is eventually victorious’.
That’s the reason Manchester United and England midfielder Owen Hargreaves has started to look a bit like a hobbit of late (albeit with the beginnings of a Mexican moustache). He’s even perfected the open eyed, gaze-into-the-distance look that worked so well for Frodo during his quest. Fingers crossed it works just as well on the long and ardous journey he is on back to playing in the Premier League.
February 5, 2010
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