Why didn’t anyone come for Newcastle’s Owen and Martins?
Throughout the summer the media kept reminding us about the buy-out clauses in Michael Owen’s and Obafemi Martins’ contracts with Newcastle United. Speculation increased despite both players pledging their allegiance to Newcastle, with each of the top four buying strikers this summer and widely tipped to make a move for one of the two Newcastle forwards.
However, Sam Allardyce is on record as saying that he had no approaches for Owen or Martins. Why is that? Why didn’t any club go after two of the best strikers in the Premier League?
With Martins, it may have been a question of attitude and with Owen it could have been his injury-prone past. However, considering the prices paid for strikers and players these days, 9m and 13m are not bad investments on quality finishers.
In my view it could have been the wages they’re receiving at Newcastle that put potential suitors off, but it’s still a question worth asking - why didn’t any other Premier League club move for these two star strikers?
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Well with Owen i think its a bit like Luque. You know he has quality and on his day he is possibly the best but after not seeing him for so long you wonder if he still has it or not. so close to 10 millions pounds on a player when you dont know if he can even kick a ball is a big ask. In relation to Martins, well where would he go? United were busy with Tevez and Liverpool had Torres. Chelsea were busy trying to prove they dont but the league and its seems as if Arsene Wenger doesnt want to do any business in England. So that rules out the top 4, and there arnt too many clubs bigger than Newcastle out of the top 4, so why would Martins go anyway?
Why dont you stop stirring the shit up about Owen and Martins leaving Newcastle. There is more to English football than the so called big 4 or perhaps like the Sky fan boys, you would like a 4 team league.
A legit question. I was certain Owen would’nt leave as he’s not that kind of player. Martins, however, I had my doubts. But at the end of the day Allardyce is a quality manager and Newcastle is a quality club.
Owen has to prove he can still perform at PL level after 2 years of injury. A £9M transfer fee and excessive salary make him expensive if he’s sitting at home with his feet up!
Martins has an attitude problem and his first touch is not that good. At £13M he may be considered a risk. Allardyce is a good manager and will hopefully manage him well.
However, if these 2 boys are on fire between now and end December, expect the Champion League sides to be knocking on our door offering mega bucks. The £9M fee for Owen will not be relevant, but substantial offers for either may persuade Newcastle to let them go…….
What’s this “attitude problem” that Martins supposedly has?
Don’t know from which rag(s) you form your opinions, but his attitude has never been an issue-only brought into question once, over a totally mis-reported (non)”incident” towards the end of last season.
And to echo “A”, where would he go???!!
Maybe because Owen is washed up and nobody knows what age Martins is. For all we know he could be 35 (OK that is a bit of an exaggeration but you get the drift).