I asked him about that after the Blackburn match when HBA scored the Messi goal, he said that Barton told him when Hatem returned to training after the injury he was a "raspberry ripple" and finished.
The funny thing is, Stoke have clearly been after him all summer, yet Owen has waited until after the transfer deadline thinking to himself he will get better offers.
Thought we'd get him. Are the people who are pissed off with the club on this one thinking we should have matched West Hams offer of £15m transfer fee plus £2m loan fee or whatever it was? Carroll rejecting them was the only way he was coming here, obviously they werent gonna accept our bid with West Hams much better offer on the table.
I love the man, you can tell he loves playing here, he's made himself a cult hero and he accepts he is a bit part player. Very useful squad member, especially for cup competitions.
Don't think we'll be bringing in another CB like. We're clearly after a right back though, still pinning hopes on Debuchy. I think most fans think we need another CB in, but from the outside it seems a case of we'll try and get Douglas at the end of August, if not then we're happy to go with what we've got. It really depends on how much they rate Good as this moment in time.