Dave Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 The negotiator has left the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewellander Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Is there any realistic chance that Owen might want to stay? I guess a better question might be: do we even want him to stay at this point? I don't mind us selling him in January, but only if we bring in another capable striker who can play alongside Martins. If our striking options in the second half of the season are Martins, Ameobi, Smith, Carrol, Viduka, and Xisco, we're in trouble. Heaven knows we can't get goals from our midfielders. Viduka would be ok if he could stay fit for half a season, but I don't see that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 I can't see him leaving in January to be honest, it's already too late to get a decent price for him in the last year of his contract - if we wanted to do that we should have sold him last January or this summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 He is only free to talk to clubs outside of England in January, and given his comments when he left Real Madrid he won't be in a hurry to ply his trade in a foreign country again. I think he'll keep his cards close to his chest until nearer the end of the season. Depends what happens between now and then as to whether or not he'll sign or leave. A takeover with a few ambitious signings in January and a couple of good results from then onwards then maybe he'd stay. Also depends on what kind of offers he would get in the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 He's not going to be an asset that anyone is going to pay much money for though is he? He would have to transform his whole fitness record to be a worthwhile addition on the wages he commands. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 he's destined to join Spurs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Yep, we'll only be able to keep him if we get a decent manager and serious investers before christmas. I don't blame if he left in Jan if we hadn't been bought and managed, quite frankly, most of players shouldn't be ashamed to look at their futures right now. We're taking the piss out of them with our current limbo status.........if we aren't sold by december then I fear the worst for us, I really do Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Yep, we'll only be able to keep him if we get a decent manager and serious investers before christmas. I don't blame if he left in Jan if we hadn't been bought and managed, quite frankly, most of players shouldn't be ashamed to look at theiur futures right now. We're taking the piss out of them with our current limbo status.........if we aren't sold by december then I fear the worst for us, I really do You're right, any player would be well within their rights to look elsewhere at this point. Unfortunately it doesn't look like we'll be anywhere near sold by Christmas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 It'll definitely be in the summer i would have thought. He hasn't proved his fitness enough for any of the big clubs to take a punt on him in January... therefore he probably won't be fussed about leaving just yet, as it'll be the Tottenhams and Citys that are more interested than the big four. So on a personal level he might aswell just sit tight and wait for more options in the summer. Also, from our point of view, i can see us putting a daft asking price on him in Jan, like £6m or something, and no one will bother. Unless it's January 30th and City have struggled for recruitment; but even then, i dunno if he'd go there. I hold very slim hopes of him signing a new deal but it's been a nightmare for him, never gonna really work out. He might aswell just go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 I don't think it's that unrealistic to think we might still get £8-10m for him. I know, I know, he'll only have 6 months left of his contract, but you might just get someone like Villa, City or Everton taking a punt, knowing that one of the big four won't pay that much, and also knowing that they're not going to get a better striker even if he's on a 4-year contract elsewhere for cheaper than that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 I don't think it's that unrealistic to think we might still get £8-10m for him. I know, I know, he'll only have 6 months left of his contract, but you might just get someone like Villa, City or Everton taking a punt, knowing that one of the big four won't pay that much, and also knowing that they're not going to get a better striker even if he's on a 4-year contract elsewhere for cheaper than that. You're right, someone like City or Spurs might pay quickly and over the odds, simply to kill off the opposition (like we essentially did three years ago). But then it becomes a case of whether or not he'd go there. He'd be better off sitting tight and waiting for more options in the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Depends if he can find the guy who did Woodgate's medical for Real. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Summer to Chelsea I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 I don't think it's that unrealistic to think we might still get £8-10m for him. I know, I know, he'll only have 6 months left of his contract, but you might just get someone like Villa, City or Everton taking a punt, knowing that one of the big four won't pay that much, and also knowing that they're not going to get a better striker even if he's on a 4-year contract elsewhere for cheaper than that. You're right, someone like City or Spurs might pay quickly and over the odds, simply to kill off the opposition (like we essentially did three years ago). But then it becomes a case of whether or not he'd go there. He'd be better off sitting tight and waiting for more options in the summer. In a strange way, I'd sooner lose him to one of the big-four in June for nowt, than see him go to one of the "second-tier" clubs for £8m in January. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 I don't think it's that unrealistic to think we might still get £8-10m for him. I know, I know, he'll only have 6 months left of his contract, but you might just get someone like Villa, City or Everton taking a punt, knowing that one of the big four won't pay that much, and also knowing that they're not going to get a better striker even if he's on a 4-year contract elsewhere for cheaper than that. You're right, someone like City or Spurs might pay quickly and over the odds, simply to kill off the opposition (like we essentially did three years ago). But then it becomes a case of whether or not he'd go there. He'd be better off sitting tight and waiting for more options in the summer. In a strange way, I'd sooner lose him to one of the big-four in June for nowt, than see him go to one of the "second-tier" clubs for £8m in January. Absolutely; we've got to think about the short term. By someone like that signing Owen, they'd have improved and we'd have worsened. Which would be bad, naturally. Agree with Eldiablo though, i think he'll go to Chelsea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 If we get 8-10m for him we should be right up there in the Zaki auction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 If we get 8-10m for him we should be right up there in the Zaki auction. When's his loan contract at Wigan up? Tbh, if we've got £8-10m and we're looking at Wigan, we should be paying for their manager imo. *tin-hat* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 If we get 8-10m for him we should be right up there in the Zaki auction. When's his loan contract at Wigan up? Tbh, if we've got £8-10m and we're looking at Wigan, we should be paying for their manager imo. *tin-hat* I think in the summer, his club have said nobody has first refusal and they will favour the highest bidder I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 If anyone thinks we will get offered £8-10m for Owen in January they are living in cloud cuckoo land. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 If anyone thinks we will get offered £8-10m for Owen in January they are living in cloud cuckoo land. So you don't think someone like Aston Villa, who have been linked with Kevin Doyle for £10m recently, would take a punt to beat the competition for a player who regardless of how long he has left on his contract, is much much better than players who are going for around £7-8m at the moment? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rebel_yell12 Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Would like him to stay, but I reckon he'll be off in January if he can get a move. Seems to be unable to get back into the first team at a club placed 18th under the current manager, despite being nominally "captain" and the fact that both his "competition" played equally badly last week, and with the club the mess it is...he SHOULD leave. In fact, I think any player who re-signs now would be absolutely mad. Problem for Newcastle, if they sell in January though is that I'm not sure what reputable player would come to Newcastle United with the state it is in now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Gossip I'm hearing is that Kinnear isn't going to fight very hard to keep him as he thinks Owen's a lazy twat. Owen was expecting £180,000 a week, but that prospect vanished with Keegan. (Third-hand account of conversation friend of friend had with a lone-dining Kinnear in Jesmond Dene fish restaurant.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrette Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 It shouldn't be Kinnear's pregorative to decide what to do really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 It worries me really that JFK is making big decisions like this, this isn't Dean Holdsworth and Robbie Earle we're talking about ffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 £180k. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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