Michael Owen News Archives


Michael Owen is an established England striker and after an illustrious club career playing for Liverpool and Real Madrid, now plays for Newcastle United. Known for his deadly finishing skills and recently, his fondness for getting injured.

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Oct
16
2009

Capello’s England Squad – Filling in the blanks

Fabio Capello is not one to give too much away, his demeanour surly enough for ITV’s Clive Tyldsley to describe the Italian as “old poker face” during last night’s dead-rubber win over Belarus at Wembley. But prior to the game,...

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Oct
1
2009

Fantasy Football Week 8: Time for James and Owen to go

Fernando Torres & Robbie Keane could have been the deadliest double act since Starsky & Hutch, had Rafa Benitez not thought otherwise. As it happens they had to settle last week for separate feats, separate plaudits, and separate points hauls....

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Sep
24
2009

Michael Owen: The Signing of the Season? An Inside Look at Manchester United’s Devious Deal

Michael Owen has been a polemic figure throughout his career. At 29 years of age many critics claim that he is already past his prime; that his workrate has slowed, his injuries have multiplied and his goal scoring has come to a shuddering halt. ...

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Sep
14
2009

Life at Manchester United after Ronaldo – The story to date

The season so far has had its ups and downs for the Reds. A shock defeat to Burnley certainly wasn’t in the script, as the world looks on intently to see how the reigning Premiership Champions set about life after Ronaldo and ‘that’ final in...

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Jul
6
2009

The Odd Couple: Will it work out for Manchester United and Michael Owen?

Four weeks ago, I was playing Football Manager. I was managing Manchester United and was faced with the dilemma of how to replace Tevez and Ronaldo. With 80 million quid in the bank, money wasn’t an issue; however the question of bringing in...

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Jul
6
2009

Love and football. It hurts.

Del Amitri and football are not something that usually mix. Certainly not with any success, anyway (see this example of World Cup pessimism for details). But whilst musing over Michael...

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Jul
4
2009

Transfer Rumors (3 July 09): Michael Owen signs for Manchester United, Sunderland eye Arsenal target Chamakh, Bayern Munich still interested in Chelsea’s Bosingwa, and more

What may have otherwise been a quiet day in transfer news and rumors was made just a little bit livelier by the news that Michael Owen was on his way to Manchester United.

Along with looking over the official word in today’s...

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Jul
3
2009

Manchester United sign Michael Owen – the good, the bad and the insane

It’s official – Manchester United have signed the 29 year old, former Liverpool and Real Madrid striker and free...

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Jul
3
2009

Transfer Rumors (2 July 09): Michael Owen close to shock Man United move, Manchester City fail in £30m bid for Chelsea’s Terry, Tottenham must go to £12m for Lille’s Bastos, and more

Talk about being handed a career lifeline. Instead of getting one last go in the Premier League with Everton, Aston Villa, or Hull City, former Liverpool star Michael Owen is reportedly getting the golden opportunity of golden opportunities...

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Jun
29
2009

Transfer Rumors (28 June 09): Arsenal enter hunt for French stars Ribery and Benzema, Manchester City offer to make Barcelona’s Eto’o world’s highest-paid player, Man United interested in Sunderland keeper Gordon, and more

Sunday may have been a rest day for many, but in case you didn’t know already, there’s never a break when it comes to transfer news and rumors, especially in the summer.

While there was plenty of intriguing transfer speculation...

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