Manchester: Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has backed his medical team after Owen Hargreaves claimed he was treated like a "guinea pig" during his time on the sidelines at Old Trafford.
Hargreaves, who moved to Manchester City after his contract with the Premier League champions expired this summer, said he was given treatments and injections that he probably should not have had.
But the United boss has defended his "fantastic" staff, believing that they have been pivotal to his team's success over the years and revealed that the club will make an official statement concerning the midfielder's comments.
Sir Alex told reporters: "We've got a fantastic medical staff, great sports science. Do you think we'd be successful if we had an operation that was [not] 100 per cent absolutely brilliantly done? The doctor, his thigh physiotherapist and [the] sports science there is fantastic."
He added: "My medical staff are one of the main reasons Manchester United have been so successful in the last few years. There's absolutely no doubt about that.
"So that's my opinion of Manchester United and that's more important than what anyone else has got to say about it.
"We've been trying to analyse all the stuff he's said this morning and we're going to have a club statement this afternoon to address that."
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