Owen for £9m?

[Guest stephenknapp]

It's not just £9M though is it? Small matter of £120,000 a week wages.

 

Don't forget he chose to go to the Barcodes, his choice nobody forced him, he could have hung on and refused to go. Ultimately his England place means more to him than any club he will ever play for.

 

Thanks for the memories but we’ve moved on, not for me thanks

 

Agree.

[drewy]

Incidentaly, I started a thread like this one last year when it was clear he was leaving Madrid. I got absolutely slaughtered by people for it.

 

Why the change of heart?

[Newport]

Yeah he made an impression with the geordies :whistle:

 

Geordies has the memory of a goldfish anyways and I don't think they'll care.

[Rush 346]

Its hard to believe they agreed to such a clause and for so such a "low" price, considering the outlay for him and the money he is on per week

 

Yes he is worth £9 million but I still don't want him back for us

[zigackly]

I think the fact that Rafa changes the team so readily shows that he isn't totally at ease with the players that he has at his disposal.

 

Nonsense, he's done it at every club he's managed.

[Cardie]

Its hard to believe they agreed to such a clause and for so such a "low" price, considering the outlay for him and the money he is on per week

 

It's what small clubs do to sign big players.

 

Voted no by the way.

[Newport]

Incidentaly, I started a thread like this one last year when it was clear he was leaving Madrid. I got absolutely slaughtered by people for it.

 

Why the change of heart?

 

It was two years ago.

[drewy]

It was two years ago.

It was and I stand corrected, go to the top of the class and give the pencils out

[Rush 346]

It's what small clubs do to sign big players.

 

Quality

 

:lol:

[Kopite]

It's not just £9M though is it? Small matter of £120,000 a week wages.

 

Don't forget he chose to go to the Barcodes, his choice nobody forced him, he could have hung on and refused to go. Ultimately his England place means more to him than any club he will ever play for.

 

Thanks for the memories but we’ve moved on, not for me thanks

 

Spot on Andrew. Your post summed up my feelings, and as for the poster comparing him to Rush - you are having a giraffe.

 

Rushie never turned us down to make sure he kept his international place.

[zigackly]

Rushie never turned us down to make sure he kept his international place.

 

Mind you, he did play for wales ;)

[Stu Monty]

Do we get the money back he owes us as part of the deal?

 

No chance. I'd rather sign Sid Owen.

[BRANDS]

he had his chance -theres no way rafa will be stung by him again, i dont knowwhy england dontjust buy him that way he will befit for all the games he so desperatly wants to play in - 3yrs ago owen was possibly liverpool - now we it spun 360 and we dont need him

[Newport]

Speaking of Owen. Six year anniversary today.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFN9yVeUjwg

[Owen]

It's not just £9M though is it? Small matter of £120,000 a week wages.

 

Don't forget he chose to go to the Barcodes, his choice nobody forced him, he could have hung on and refused to go. Ultimately his England place means more to him than any club he will ever play for.

 

Thanks for the memories but we’ve moved on, not for me thanks

 

Good point on the wages.

 

Despite what I said on the other thread, I would have him back for £9m, provided:

 

• He passes one hell of a medical;
  
• He takes a huge pay cut, and goes along with the performance related pay system Rafa mentioned, and;
  
• He's happy playing an equal role to the other three of four strikers.
  

[Sut]

With Rush, he had brothers on the Dole and for the amount of money Juve were offering he himself said he'd be daft to turn it down.

Comparisons with Owen could never stand up under that rationale.

[zigackly]

He'll sign for the Mancs if they come in for him, which is about the mark of the man.

[Ted]

Anyone read Bascombe in the Pink today? Haven't read through the thread, couldn't be arsed.

[zigackly]

Anyone read Bascombe in the Pink today? Haven't read through the thread, couldn't be arsed.

 

Summarise it for us then.

[WeAreTheBest]

Anyone read Bascombe in the Pink today? Haven't read through the thread, couldn't be arsed.

 

Nope, im stuck down me cousins and missed my fix. Anything interesting?

[Remmie]

So what if England means more to him then Liverpool 99% of footballers put their country before their club

[Ted]

Summarise it for us then.

 

Last part reads thus: "Two years ago, Owen's move to N'Castle was described in this paper as the most expensive loan deal in football history. Nothing has changed."

 

Interesting.

[G Richards]

Owen is worth £9M even with his recent injuries. The metatarsal is irrelevant, but apparently the knee ligament is 'better than new'. He looks to have been on the weights and really built up his strength. I don't think he will have the explosive pace of yesteryear but he will still be fast enough. His main asset is scoring goals. He knows where the net is and he can find space and has the temperament for the big occasion. For £9M that is a bargain in the current climate.

 

I would ask him to take a big paycut (if he is on £120K at Newcastle then I'd want him to have no more than £80K here). I would also make sure he was clear that he is one of the 4 or 5 strikers, not the main man. It would be up to him (or any of the others) to make themselves a fixture in the team (as much as such a thing exists under Rafa).

 

If he could do that then he would be showing the requisite hunger and £9M would be money well spent. Whoever said £4M plus Cisse had the right idea too.

[Strontium]

Fuck that £9m shit. They can pay me £100,000 and I'll sit in the injury bay for four years instead.

[Franny DelMucho]

Too right. He's top draw guranteed goals all the way. He may have his head in the clouds with dreams of lifting the WC with England but he'll score goals even if he's banging one out over a picture of Wembley. I don't think Benitez would have him back though.