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• 1 Toon_Ksk // May 13, 2008 at 19:29

  He better not leave, he has yet to repay the club with a performance worthy of that kind of obscene paycheck.

• 2 Izzymc // May 13, 2008 at 19:31

  I think Owen will stay , but if the club do cash in on him i think KK will follow him out of the door

• 3 alex scott // May 13, 2008 at 19:32

  I don’t see anything in this report that means he’ll stay.

• 4 Tom_Toon // May 13, 2008 at 19:35

  Agree alex scott.

• 5 Ginkoh // May 13, 2008 at 19:36

  If he play for us all season with no injury. With Keegan he will score more than 20 for sure.

  Hope he won’t leave us this summer. I’ll over the moon for it but anything can happen in football today. So God bless for toon !

• 6 Bill F // May 13, 2008 at 19:39

  I can’t ever recall him saying he wants to leave, in fact I can only remember him saying he is happy at the Toon, especially since KK came.

  Someone ought to give the gramaphone a kick as it seems to have got stuck. I can me see me continually falling asleep again this summer at the mention of his name.

  Ennui rules.

• 7 UTD111 // May 13, 2008 at 19:40

  I would love it, just love it if he stayed !!

• 8 Rob Kirton // May 13, 2008 at 19:43

  Bill F: Ennui Rules? I’d heard he’s a canny player. Anybody got the form book on him? :0)

• 9 Leo // May 13, 2008 at 19:45

  bit of a good news day haha

• 10 iain // May 13, 2008 at 19:48

  have you noticed all the other papers seem to have stopped copying and running with the owen stories that appear daily in the mail

• 11 Thomas // May 13, 2008 at 19:48

  Well he’s been positive both on and off the pitch ever since KK’s been appointed so i for one will be really disappointed if he leaves.

• 12 Ed Harrison // May 13, 2008 at 19:49

  Just to clarify - we’re not saying there’s anything specifically in this report from Michael that says he is going to stay. But we’re predicting he’ll stay - since all the gossip press is saying he’ll go - we don’t agree.

• 13 Bill F // May 13, 2008 at 19:58

  Naah Rob he is actually a bit boring.

• 14 JJ // May 13, 2008 at 19:58

  ED Harrison

  Just an idea for a vote!

  What about having a vote of 5 realistic players linked to us: (5 defenders) (5 midfielders etc)etc… and let us vote to see who the most popular signings would be.
  eg
  Defenders: Dunn, Cuellar, Campbell etc
  Strikers: Gudjohnssen, Ashton, Crouch, Gomis etc.
  Midfielders would be a bit harder to know who is realistic.
  But it would be interesting to see public opinion.

• 15 gardenia // May 13, 2008 at 20:03

  this list is poor, how we want to get 5th position ay least? regret…

• 16 Midd The Yid // May 13, 2008 at 20:07

  He may stay but i here the mighty spurs may make a bid then he will obviously leave you to join the bigger club.

  Sorry

  wi eye

• 17 Grant // May 13, 2008 at 20:07

  I agree that nothing in that interview means he’ll stay. Not only was it for the Newcastle site so he couldn’t say anything bad, he also didn’t say anything about himself, just that the club is looking up.

• 18 BILLY - B // May 13, 2008 at 20:11

  Ihope your right because M.O. is without a doubt a world class striker and his record proves that.
  OK since he joined the toon he has had nightmare with injuries, he became fit when B.S.A. was in charge and nobody could play under him. but under kevin his confidence along with most of the other players has slowely returned and no one can deny it shows. the other reason for wanting him to stay is that he will attract good players.

• 19 Ian // May 13, 2008 at 20:23

  If he intends to stay at least till the end of next season you would think he would just speak up and then get on with a long holiday.

  Dave Kitson has scored only one less premiership goal than Owen, he hasnt a lot to shout about, if he goes we want a straightforward talking striker like Martins where at least you know where you stand this is getting tiresome, could you imagine other captains doing that? The likes of Shearer, Gerrard or Keane??
  Give us a break, please.

• 20 Danish_Magpie // May 13, 2008 at 20:35

  Ian - yes and no. I remember when Owen was last linked away from the club (the last round of speculation) last summer with the get-out clause and all that, he came out in september or so and said that he had purposely never rejected the rumors publicly because then he would have to reject a rumor every time one came out (which for a player in balck and white is about twice a day..). Therefore he may well be staying and not have said anything yet. I am not saying im 100% certain he will stay, but I don’t think he will leave England, and I don’t think a top-4 side wants him, he wouldn’t go to Everton cuz of the Liverpool connection (I know he supported Everton as a child) and then what’s the point if you are leaving to go sideways? He is captain here, his family seems settled in the area and he will make as much money as anywhere else here. I think he will stay.

• 21 Slam Dunc // May 13, 2008 at 20:43

  Exclusive, Chris Mort and the resident Daily Mail reporter have just met with Michael Owen. the negotiation went like this:

  Mort: Michael your 29 with a bad injury record and you’ve lost your pace. We think your only worth £80k a week
  Owen: I’m your club captain and my goals saved you from relegation. I would rather leave than accept £80k a week
  Mort: We’ve had to pay all your medical bills over the last 3 years you owe us some loyalty. How about a 4 year deal taking you till your aged 33 on £90k a week
  Owen: agreed, I’ll sign now ……
  Daily Mail reporter: great, thanks for letting me attend all your meetings Chris !!

  You read it here first on our great NUFCBLOG

• 22 jeff // May 13, 2008 at 20:46

  Ive been a big fan of owen ever since he came to newcastle,I think its great we have a player of his quality… The main problem is that the southern based press have never understood Michael Owen playing for Newcastle United,and they will try everyway to get him out of toon…we once had Englands number 1 in Shearer now we have englands number 1 in Owen…and with out a doubt Owen still should be Englands number one as there isnt a better goalscorer then owen for England,Rooney cant play that roll………One thing that I laugh at is how so many people still slag Owen off for the wages he receives….It isnt his fault he was offered the money he was offered…if you were offered a job and then another job for more money came along Im sure I know what you would do….Another thing,people have forgot when he was injured newcastle didnt pay his wages…As it was reported newcastle received £6 million in total from the F.A…That is a figure that actually came out from the club itself…We need Owen next season as he was one of the players who left the season just gone right in form,Its about time those fans still doubting him actually started getting behind him.. Since playing the roll he has been and becoming captain Owen has looked a different player and COMMITTED…Yes Id love him to come out and say he is staying but he is a private person and he will say so at the right time…I wouldve loved it if he had signed 2 year extension when he came back from injury to make up for the 2 years he missed,He still might we’ll just have to wait and see..

• 23 Tom_Toon // May 13, 2008 at 20:51

  To be fair to Owen the FA have paid all his wages and medical bills over the past 2 years.

• 24 Newcastle United. // May 13, 2008 at 20:51

  Stop being so negative man lads. Outside the top four we’re as big as any. He wont go to a top four club. We will keep him, He wants too. You can tell since King Kev took ower that Owen’s game has totally changed, Chasing back, Going in for tackles, Making runs, Scoring goals for fun again. World class player once again. Newcastle need this more that anything. This will only attract good players if we have the likes of Michael Owen as our captian and number 10.

  Be optimistic, Keep the faith, Next season is the season lads.

  HOWAY THE MAGS!

• 25 scottish mag // May 13, 2008 at 21:15

  news in the last twenty minutes is that KK is tracking psg’s 25 year old striker amara diane

  http://goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=694843

• 26 Gloryhunter // May 13, 2008 at 21:15

  This is getting mental. He wants to go, so let him go. We deserve better then this. Stop comparing him with Shearer who turned down manu to come here. No-one wanted MO. He was just another trophy signing.

• 27 scottish mag // May 13, 2008 at 21:23

  jeff we all know u like owen, its all over the papers today- owen to JEFF UTD, how did u get your own team lol

• 28 autibo // May 13, 2008 at 21:40

  i cant see him leaving for two reasons - 1. i dont think anybody outside the top four could match his wages, and more importantly 2. i think he’s a decent bloke who realises he’s not at his peak anymore and he knows he owes us some loyalty

  on the subject of transfers i think we need to be looking at 2 pools of players - those who will immediately improve the first eleven, and those who will beef up the squad, add competition and challenge for places over the season

  i think we need a quality centre-back, a replacement for butt, a replacement for geremi, and a replacement for viduka. my choices would be:

  centre-back:
  dunne - great value, experience, consistency
  cuellar - exceptional in europe
  garay - superb but pricey and sought-after
  kompany - slighlty cheaper and easier than garay

  butt replacement:
  mbia - looked class in the african cup
  toulalan - expensive, would he come?
  veloso - expensive, would he come?

  geremi replacement:
  arshavin - class against england
  biyaletdinov - looks quality, cheaper option?
  bentley - quality, could we persuade him/them?
  v.d.vaart - great player, a keegan type!!

  viduka replacement:
  ashton - would w.ham sell him?
  gomis - can he hack it? looks good to me
  huntelaar - arguably bigger than owen coup!!
  santa-cruz - again, could we persuade them??

  squad players - giles barnes, seb larsson, shorey, doyle, kitson - players of this calibre. all good prem players, wouldnt cost a fortune and would certainly give us strength in depth

• 29 Hamas (51times) // May 13, 2008 at 21:48

  Midd the Yid - Unlikely my hook-nosed friend, Owen hates London just as much as anybody else north of Watford.

• 30 Bigmatt // May 13, 2008 at 21:50

  He will stay. The only two club that are interested in him right now are Everton and United. Could you imagine him at either of those two?

  He would be hated by Newcastle and Liverpool supporters. Plus he would make himself into nothing more than a mercenary. He has spent over half his time with the toon injured. He owes this club a little loyalty. I think we will get it.

• 31 IrishMan // May 13, 2008 at 22:01

  We should put in an offer to Bristol City for Lee Trundle (?3M). I think he would complement Owen and Martins and play off them very well. A nice back up / replacement for Viduka. Let’s give him a go against the big boys……

• 32 GazzaToon // May 13, 2008 at 22:08

  well maybe he is staying newcastle have opened contract negotiations with owen according to the times (note not the daily mail lol)

  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/newcastle/article3927226.ece

• 33 Hamas (51times) // May 13, 2008 at 22:14

  A 31 year old who’s never played in the premierleague…

• 34 IrishMan // May 13, 2008 at 22:22

  Fair enough but offer him a two year contract and bring him on for 30 minutes every other week!

• 35 Reb // May 13, 2008 at 22:22

  What does everyone want him to say? He’s said he’s happy at Newcastle. He’s said he hopes the contract negotiations are settled before he goes on holiday. He’s said he’s looking forward to more under Keegan, and taking the club back to “where it belongs”. The ONLY thing he hasn’t said is a guarantee that he WILL stay. No doubt, a lesson harshly learned in 2004. He said he’d stay at Liverpool, he would sign a new contract, and events transpired such that he ended up going to Madrid. Thus, Liverpool fans villify him as a traitor and a liar. So, four years on, the lad isn’t going to make the same mistake.

  And, uhm, yes Gerrard has done worse as captain. Remember Chelsea-gate — two summers running? I do.

  On the other note, Ian, Dave Kitson played the entire season, fully fit, iirc. And in a team that didn’t play defensively. All the strikers this season were first hampered by Allardyce’s style, and then by absences: Owen with just Smith for a partner, Viduka by injuries, and Martins away to the ACoN. If you are seriously comparing Kitson and Owen, you need your head checked mate.

  Kitson — 0 caps, 0 goals for his country. 20+ top-flight league goals in his career.

  Owen — 89 caps, 40 goals for his country. 136 league goals in his career.

• 36 Anth // May 13, 2008 at 22:24

  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/newcastle/article3927226.ece

  good read we have started contract talks last week , still the london tripe knocking newcastle when they can,about him droping his wages, but some good points in it

• 37 Chris F // May 13, 2008 at 22:27

  don’t be daft irishman.

  we’ve got enough players pushing 30 in our squad without adding to them, we need a bit more youth and pace added.

  trundle should stay where he is, and most likely will.

• 38 John // May 13, 2008 at 22:45

  according to the times negotiations have started..hopeful done and dusted in a week or so .

  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/newcastle/article3927226.ece

• 39 ronaldeano // May 13, 2008 at 22:51

  @Midd the toss pot yidd, Modric is going to be a flop and Woodgate will never play for you cos he is a crock.

  We will finish higher than you next season and you will do a Leeds

  Then we will never have to read your pathetic southern comments ever again

  Bellend

• 40 IrishMan // May 13, 2008 at 22:54

  I may be daft, but I am still serious. After tonight, he may score two or three against us next year. I think he would be worth 10-14 goals for us in a season.

• 41 ToonKing // May 13, 2008 at 22:54

  okay lads listen up , BREAKIN’ NEWS !!!!

  i just met one of Owen’s horses and it said that that Owen is moving to Japan 100% !!!!!!

  it said Mickey will do anything to be the tallest on the team………………………………………

  also in other breakin’ news :

  Kermit the Frog’s move Tottenham has collapsed, he cited there were already too many muppets in the squad.

• 42 ronaldeano // May 13, 2008 at 22:58

  Midd the MUPPET is one of thair fans!

• 43 Leo // May 13, 2008 at 23:10

  just on a side note to anyone who goes on about how london is that great and the bright lights etc,

  i had an interview to do a law conversion course today and the guy i was talking to said if i had a choice when i qualified and done my training contracts i could either work in london on 92k a year- first year

  or live in newcastle on 40k a year….

  i told him in no uncertain terms it would be the north for me, you couldnt pay me enough to life in the great smoke.

• 44 ronaldeano // May 13, 2008 at 23:12

  Why live in a southern shithole??????

• 45 Leo // May 13, 2008 at 23:17

  lol my point exactly. hate london, even visiting the place aint nice

• 46 ende // May 13, 2008 at 23:22

  alex scott: I agree. Really tired of headlines that state something as fact when there’s no fact to be found! Ed, where’s your integrity???

• 47 ToonKing // May 13, 2008 at 23:25

  when i visited london a few years back i thought it’s a really nice place……………..until i noticed all the cameras and started feeling like a convict…….

• 48 Hamas (51times) // May 13, 2008 at 23:28

  I mainly can’t stand the people. Some of them are alright to be fair but on the whole they’re a horrible bunch of bastards and I want nothing to do with them.

• 49 ronaldeano // May 13, 2008 at 23:29

  @ToonKing, the place is not all its cracked up to be.

  Ballack recons he cant afford to live there, and he is on 120 grand a WEEK!

  Any player is better off up North where the women are more sexy, the beer is better and its a belter night out in the toon!!!!

• 50 ronaldeano // May 13, 2008 at 23:30

  @Hammas, il second that mate!!!

• 51 Tom_Toon // May 13, 2008 at 23:31

  The only nice city down south is Cambridge the rest are utter shitholes.

• 52 ronaldeano // May 13, 2008 at 23:40

  I cant belive Sheryl Tweedy chose to marry that skrawny cockney bellend!

  She has well and truely pissed on her own chips there!!

  She should have stayed in the Toon!!!

  The morral…………….

  Stay in Newcastle!

  London is crap man!!!

• 53 nufctj // May 14, 2008 at 1:39

  As per usual MO makes some non-committal comments and we are to assume that he is staying? He is just stating the obvious here. Nowhere do I hear him say “Newcastle has a bright future and I am on board through the thick and the thin”. If he gets a better offer he is gone, and I don’t blame him, he is an injury prone player whom has a limited number of years left. I hope he stays, but will not be shocked if he does not. If he goes we will have a heck of a hole to fill, so they better get it resolved quickly.

  On another note with all of this bashing of the South going on in here, how can we expect any different coming the other way? Come on lads, let’s keep it about NUFC on here not about how all southerners are c*&#s.

• 54 Aussie dave // May 14, 2008 at 3:56

  This 80k a week wages cap must be absolute shite. It contradicts everything Ashley, Mort and Keegan are talking about.

  We will not be able to compete at the top if this is introduced. Without european football, and being a non London club, Newcastle have to attract players via other means. History, stadium size, nice city are all well and good, but we will not attract the best players if the most they can earn is 80K a week.

  We need to price teams out of transfer battles much like we did with Owen in the first place.

  If a quality player is available we have to offer him much more than the top four otherwise they wont come.

  Even if we dont get them we make the other clubs spend more of their budgets meaning they have less available for other targets.

  What do think?

• 55 KKN39 // May 14, 2008 at 4:55

  think KK has saved MO’s career by reshape him as 3rd stiker or advancing AM. he’s lost some pace and certainly not known for his creativity and dribbling so he can only play w/ his vision, clever running, goal instinct. there’s no chance for him to play this way among the top 4. overseas club don’t want and can’t afford him. only Toffees, Portsmouth, ManCity, WestHam look possible suitors in this world but are hardly any more sexy than we are. doubt they can afford even just 80K anyway. so MO will stay w/ us. however in a years’ time maybe we’d just mourn why he didnt go in ‘08 summer. hope he’ll prove me wrong.

• 56 Ian // May 14, 2008 at 8:37

  Reb, I am simply pointing out Kitson and his number of goals compared to owen this season and the cost to our club compared to the cost of Kitson to his, it makes you wonder how many goals Kitson could score in a better team, I remember when Andy Johnson was at QPR and no-one wanted him, we could have signed him or Anelka or both and we didnt, the next season he was one of the premierships top scorers, this year he is one goal behind Owen with a really bad injury season and owen has had almost an injury free season. Owen is good, we want him, but putting it bluntly he isnt the superstar he was.

  Owen has a good history, but who wants to pay for history except a museum??
  He needs to speak up over the next couple of weeks, he is the captain after all not just a player he should set an example even if it is to say that he play out his contract if they dont agree a deal.

• 57 craig chisholm // May 14, 2008 at 8:42

  he will stay i think, i dont think he wants to leave. he gets top money, his kids are in school and happy as is his mssus. he is captain and he lieks keegan. i see no reason for him to leave. you dont need to play for the top clubs to be regarded as the best. shearer stayed with us and is the benchmark. luis saha is with manure but who cares.see my point. he’ll stay as long as the board arn’t going to be dicks when it comes to sorting out his new deal….plus, if he goes, for sure keegan will be arsed off mega. japan - get real ffs. everton - why, they did it this year but next year could be distinctly average, there would be no point in going.

• 58 Geordie Gerrard7 // May 14, 2008 at 8:52

  Toon Pair In Dressing-Room Brawl
  Newcastle United stars Charles N’Zogbia and Abdoulaye Faye were reportedly involved in a pre-match brawl on the final day of the season …
  The pair had to be dragged apart by team-mates after a heated dispute turned physical only hours before Toon’s clash against Everton on Sunday.

  The row occurred over the wage disparity between players signed by former chairman Freddy Shepherd and those signed by new owner Mike Ashley – N’Zogbia arriving at St James’ Park under the former, Faye under the later.

  “There has been a lot of bickering about wages,” said an inside source. “Charles can be a wind-up merchant and Abdoulaye didn’t take very kindly to it.

  “It was incredibly heated but the other players calmed them down.”

  N’Zogbia has been linked a move away from Newcastle this summer, as the 21-year-old winger, who has been played as a stop-gap defender for much of the season, now finds himself surplus to the requirements of Kevin Keegan’s 4-3-3 formation.

• 59 LyNx18 // May 14, 2008 at 8:53

  Have a look see how the Everton fans rate us.
  http://www.toffeeblue.com/newcastle-united-a-laughing-stock/

• 60 Ant (Smith's a smoggy) // May 14, 2008 at 9:05

  A few mates of mine went on a trip to London (graphic design students) on St. Georges Day.

  They went to a pub in the early evening and were promptly told to leave after being told “It’s St. Georges Day, we don’t want any foreigners in our bar”

  When they said they were from Newcastle and therefore England his reply was “If you’re not from London, you’re not from England”

  I hate London and will only go there for business.

  Even then, I will be putting forward my point of hatred towards the scum.

  I’m not racist, just a bit London-ist

• 61 Ian // May 14, 2008 at 9:16

  Ant, the real Londoners are fantastic people dont be put off, the likes of the cockney cabbies etc they hit it straight off with us lot from the North East.

• 62 Ant (Smith's a smoggy) // May 14, 2008 at 9:24

  Ian, my mind is set.

  Ever since those pricks from Spurs came up here when we gave them a kicking at St. James in the cup a couple of years back, I’ve despised the scum.

  Putting money up to the window etc.

  Cocky, Cockney Scum!!!

• 63 Truth&Justice // May 14, 2008 at 9:33

  Ed, you’re at it again. Give it a rest will ya. Where does he say that he “will stay at Newcastle”? Be patient and some real news will actually happen - then you won’t have to make it up.

• 64 Hamas (51times) // May 14, 2008 at 10:00

  Lynx - Who cares about Everton?

  Or rather, who cares about a minority within Everton’s fanbase who have delusions about the state of Liverpool as a city and have nothing but bigotry to spew about Newcastle United?

• 65 shearer // May 14, 2008 at 10:08

  Brilliant read by the everton fan. Everytime i have a discussion on here the newcastle fans always say how they fill out the stadium every week. Well the recent reports published on who has the best attendances has spurs in 3rd ahead of newcastle in 6th. Just thought i would mention it. As for london being a shit hole. Why do you think all the top players want to go there. It is only the geordies living there goldfish bowl
  existence that think newcastle is so great.

• 66 autibo // May 14, 2008 at 12:48

  RE shearer:

  i would like to know where these “reports” come from. you’re clearly a clown, as shite hart lane holds less than 40,000 (compared to st james’ 52,387) so either you’re making up complete bollox and making a horses arse out of yourself, or these so-called “reports” are crap

• 67 cc // May 14, 2008 at 13:20

  Let’s not get too excited, notice the quotes coming from the official website. Call me cynical…

• 68 Punk Skunk // May 14, 2008 at 13:55

  Lads!..
  …There’s good & bad everywhere…Even London!..
  …I live there!..& i’ve got to say, other than spuds fans, all the other teams fans are sound with Geordies!..Specially gooners & wetspam!..
  …Shit, sorry to burst anyones bubble, just reportin’ what i see/experience!..

• 69 chuck // May 15, 2008 at 14:57

  Question is, is it true the club is about to impose an eighty thousand a week cap, if so that signifies a considerable reduction in wages for MO.
  Question two, would he find a club who would pay him what he is now receiving at Utd. or even eighty thousand for that matter?
  Face it he is not the hot property he was five years ago, with a lot of mileage and injury time.
  Be interesting to see who blinks first?

• 70 brad // May 21, 2008 at 17:51

  owen please dont go i followed u all over your career now ure at newcastle dont go plz owen plz dont go i am crying 4 u to stay

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