wspence_uk Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 TBH I would like to see us sign a decent striker before monday too, regardless of Michael Owen's contract situation. Just would like to see the lad signed up. You can't blame him though for not wanting to take a 10%+ pay cut can you? No you cant, however i would have Harpers sorted before Owen for many reasons. I would like Owen signed up - but it has to be worth it to the club long term. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 you know what, I'd love to give KK a big hug so glad hes back, hes just a refreshingly honest guy who knows and loves the club and is truly determined to take us to where we want to be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sniffer Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 IMO, KK would walk on a matter of principle if we sold Owen.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 "Even Owen has price" Hardly worth noting, of course any player has his price. If Man Utd slapped £20m on the table tomorrow (not that I think they ever would) I'm sure the club would consider it given he COULD be off for nothing in a year. Personally I would like Owen to stay and I'd accept him staying with same salary purely because I don't think we can buy a player of anywhere near his quality in our current situation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Berbatov to Manu for £27m Arshavin to Tottenham for £19m Owen to Tottenham for £11m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rebel_yell12 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 The first version of ths that I read (on BBC site) included the following final line: "Owen will be on the bench for Newcastle's first home game of the new season against Bolton after the England striker recovered from the after-effects of a bout of mumps and a calf injury." That by itself ended any concern in me over the content of the article. Clearly top-notch journalism that. Keegan's own comments were far more reasonable -- and correct (let's face it, if say...Man Utd offered NUFC for Owen what they are rumoured to be offering for Berbatov...would you say no?). Doesn't mean Owen is leaving, just that it's rare that any player doesn't have a price. Carragher at LFC, Shearer when he was playing...that sort are rare. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant1815 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Owen will find it very, very hard to find a club who'll pay him what we are. No he won't. He'll find it very easy actually. This time next year he'll be free. All those millions that a club will save on transfer fees will be available to stick straight on his wages, and that's exactly what they'll do to tempt him. The top four won't be in for him but there'll still be plenty of interest from other clubs. The advantage they have over us is that they can sit back for a season and see what he does in order to judge his worth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Berbatov to Manu for £27m Arshavin to Tottenham for £19m Owen to Tottenham for £11m. Owen to Blackburn is more likely, from what I'm hearing from...well, OK, from mates in Blackburn. Would be perfect location for Owen though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 I think its right what he said. Every player is not untouchable and every player has their price. If someone offered 10 - 15 mil for owen thats a good price. With milner 10 - 12 was more than enough tbh and I think we could buy two players from the continent that would prove to be better. English players are so overrated tbh. You look at the technique of some of the foreign players compared to some of our lot. Theres a world of differenc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.S.R. Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Berbatov to Manu for £27m Arshavin to Tottenham for £19m Owen to Tottenham for £11m. Owen to Blackburn is more likely, from what I'm hearing from...well, OK, from mates in Blackburn. Has Paul Ince won the Euromillions, like? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Berbatov to Manu for £27m Arshavin to Tottenham for £19m Owen to Tottenham for £11m. Owen to Blackburn is more likely, from what I'm hearing from...well, OK, from mates in Blackburn. Would be perfect location for Owen though. What kind of crack are you're mates in Blackburn on ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest optimistic nit Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Owen to blackburn? blackburn wern't going to give hughes enough money for him to stay, i doubt they will give ince more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Owen to Man City. Thaksin gets his big name signing (after the Ronaldinho debacle). We get a younger and fitter striker. If anything, this is the most likely scenario. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Berbatov to Manu for £27m Arshavin to Tottenham for £19m Owen to Tottenham for £11m. Owen to Blackburn is more likely, from what I'm hearing from...well, OK, from mates in Blackburn. Would be perfect location for Owen though. What kind of crack are you're mates in Blackburn on ? He writes for a national newspaper, thank you very much. And he posts regularly on a certain Blackburn forum known to certain people around here. Goes by the name of Nicholas. Not got it wrong ONCE yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Owen to Man City. Thaksin gets his big name signing (after the Ronaldinho debacle). We get a younger and fitter striker. If anything, this is the most likely scenario. Owen to Man City is even crazier than Owen to Blackburn. Or Owen to Accrington Stanley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sittingontheball Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Haven't the papers always said he was on 120,000 a week? 18,000 a week is only a million a year. That's only two places in the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 The man will leave at the end of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 No player is irreplaceable - but the best clubs replace top players BEFORE they are in desperate need of a similar one. Failure to do this simply means that the club concerned either has to pay over the odds(as NUFC did with Owen initially)OR they don't get the player they need ; Shearer's replacement should have been someone like Ashton, and the signing done 2 years before the player was essential to the team's success. It would have cost NUFC around 6m to sign Ashton from Norwich,now they will pay at least double that to replace Owen or Viduka... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocksammy Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Its not hard to realise whats going on. KK says owen is for sale but ur going to have to break the bank i.e a bid over 20-25 million. All contract negotions are on hold till the xfer window closes (as KK said) and u shouldnt believe anything in the media. Chill out, im sure owen will get a contract matching his ability/form before january. If not he will be flogged if hes performing well or hell eventually accept a new contract if he gets injured Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 The man will leave at the end of the season. Yeah, pretty much nailed on tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2008/08/30/michael-owen-set-to-leave-newcastle-115875-20717693/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2008/08/30/michael-owen-set-to-leave-newcastle-115875-20717693/ "Owen has said he is happy to stay , but when he sits down with his advisers this week the feeling is he will reject the new offer." The window closes on monday night, he better hurry up if he's "set to leave". Gobshites. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2008/08/30/owen-d-day-115875-20717693/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/2008/08/30/owen-d-day-115875-20717693/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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