Latest News
Alex Ferguson hopes Michael Owen is back soon - 3rd November 2011
ALEX FERGUSON is banking on Michael Owen's thigh injury being less serious than feared.
Handed a rare start in Manchester United's 2-0 Champions League win over Otelul Galati at Old Trafford last night, Owen was involved in the build-up to Antonio Valencia's eighth-minute opener.
But he pulled up while making a run to the near post, immediately signalling he would be unable to continue. Owen, who was eventually replaced by Javier Hernandez, took to Twitter after the match to vent his frustration.
We had to bounce back, admits Owen as United stroll to Carling Cup win at Aldershot - 26th October 2011
Michael Owen admitted Tuesday night’s shadow Manchester United team felt extra pressure after Sunday’s 6-1 humiliation at the hands of Manchester City.
Sir Alex Ferguson fielded a completely different starting XI against League Two Aldershot but former England striker Owen, who scored the second goal, conceded United’s players needed to protect the reputation of the football club.
Owen: The art of finishing - 13th October 2011
A deadly presence in the area, Michael Owen tells Inside United what’s required to be a top-class striker and reveals how he sharpened his predatory talent.
"A lot of great strikers seem to have instincts built into their make-up. There’s definitely an intuitive element that goes with being a striker – or at least being a certain type of striker. I’d say that I was an instinctive striker, as is somebody like Chicharito. But I wouldn’t have said Wayne Rooney or Dimitar Berbatov are as reliant on instinct as we are. It comes down to making the right runs and being in the right position at the right time. You always have to be ready; you have to be on your toes anticipating where the ball will be. As I said, some people seem to have a knack for that sort of play from an early age and, of course, years of playing as a striker helps hone that as well.
Michael Owen 16-1 to make it into England's Euro 2012 squad - 27th September 2011
Michael Owen says he will never turn his back on England - he can't ever since jarring it while mucking out a stable.
"I was in every squad for over a decade and all of a sudden it stopped one day. There's a scar there that still hurts a bit," said Manchester United's Owen, who doesn't expect it to keep him sidelined for more than a month.
Owen says he is no longer part of Fabio Capello's plans and that's something at the age of 31 you wouldn't expect him to accept - that Capello has plans.
Michael Owen: 'It would be too much of a waste for me to retire early' - 26th September 2011
For such a private man Michael Owen has fought a lot of public battles recently, abandoning his natural reserve to confront widespread condescension. By fighting back, and arguing his case with words and goals, Owen has developed a new purpose, and placed a fresh shine on a career that he insists is no slow obituary.
"I was born to score goals, I feel. How I score them – how I get the ball into the back of the net – might have changed. The actual ability of what I was born to do will never leave me," he says. "I used to be able to create a lot for other people, move defences all over the park, make great diagonal runs into channels, turn and beat players. I can't do that as much as I used to be able to. But what I've done is refine my game to be more clever, get into different positions, be more instinctive around the box."