MANCHESTER CITY are set to offer Owen Hargreaves a shock Premier League lifeline.
The former Manchester United midfielder is available on a free transfer after his contract with the champions expired at the end of last season.
And City could snap up the man their bitter neighbours ditched for nothing — IF he proves he is over his fitness problems.
Hargreaves was pictured leaving Bridgewater hospital at midday after undergoing a three-hour medical.
The 30-year-old looked happy as he was greeted by City medical staff at the back of the building when he made his exit.
Hargreaves has been hampered by knee and hamstring injuries over the last four years.
But he insists he is now back to peak physical condition and attempted to prove as much by posting a string of videos on YouTube showing him being put through his paces.