**Summer Transfer Thread: News, Rumours and Speculation**

dannyjo22 said:
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You should put that in a promotional flier and send it to his management team. I reckon the rumours your lot are interested are just to get madrid to step in and buy him again ;)

I'm hoping he ends up going to a team that gets him relegated again. Hull or Wigan.

I've already said I'd be devastated if he joined us.
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I will ignore your thinly veiled insult danny but only because I like you.

Youstolemyname said:
I'll carry Owen to Manchester if he wants to sign for your football club.:D
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Then I'm gonna have to kick the **** out you as well YSMN :/ and I really do love you :(
 
I can't believe anyone doesn't want Owen at their club as long as he gets a paid as he plays type contract. Either nothing per week and like 30k an appearance or something(you'd think it will end up as 15k a week if he barely plays or 60k if he plays 50 games), or like a basic 15-20k a week with a further 10g's for every appearance.

For Newcastle, lets be honest, a very poorly performing team, he scored 28 in 56 appearances wasn't it, or 26 in 58, either way, thats still superb scoring rates, even more so for a poor team. His injury problems aren't great, but if you're not paying him when he's injured, why the hell do you care.

He's exactly what Utd need, someone to stick infront of Berbatov who he can play in behind.

Yes, if he plays 20 games a year due to injury and you pay him 80k a week its a joke, but it seems clear that no one is going to give him that kind of money, nor does it seem like Owen wants that kind of money, he just wants to play when fit. if he plays 20 games, scores 10 and gets 1/3 what Rooney gets in wages, whats the issue?
 
G|mp calling me a perv! man oh man, what you do to young baz pretty much single handedly (sometimes two tightly clenched fists *narf narf*) puts wolverhampton next in line to go the way of soddom and gomorrah in any kind of gods eyes. or so i hear.
 
to be honest, on a free transfer and just a pay by play contract i say snap him up!

would be good back up if berba or rooney get injured.
 
If Real Madrid have stated that they dont want David Villa anymore after virtually signing Karim Benzema and Barca not being able to get rid of Eto'o, will Liverpool place a cheeky £25-£28mill bid and try and tempt him away? If Barca don't go for him then he's stuck with Valencia and, well.. Valencia want to cash in?
 
Michael Owen joins Manchester United
The Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, was poised make an astonishing move in the transfer market by bringing injury-prone striker Michael Owen to Old Trafford on a free transfer.


By Rob Stewart
Published: 10:41PM BST 02 Jul 2009

The Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, was poised make an astonishing move in the transfer marker by bringing injury-prone striker Michael Owen to Old Trafford on a free transfer.

Reliable sources have confirmed to Telegraph Sport that Owen is on the brink of joining the Premier League champions after becoming a free agent when his contract at Newcastle expired on Tuesday.

Details of the prospective deal are scarce but it is anticipated that Owen, 29, would sign a highly incentivised deal due to his worrying problems with injuries over the last four years at St James' Park where he was paid £115,000 per week.

Owen, who will be ready to accept a dramatic drop in wages, has already attracted public declarations of interest from Stoke and Hull while Tottenham and Portsmouth are also understood to be keen on securing the services of a striker who has fallen from grace during his time on Tyneside.

Despite his strong links with United's arch-rivals Liverpool, Owen would welcome a move to United because it would give him the chance to prove himself at Champions League level and also bolster his chances of regaining his place in England head coach Fabio Capello's plans for next summer's World Cup finals.

Due to his fitness problems, the recruitment of Owen would seem to represent a gamble for Ferguson but concerns over his durability will be offset by the chance to hire him on a free transfer.

Should Owen join United - where he would also get the chance to team up with England striker Wayne Rooney - he would plug one of the gaps in the United ranks cause by the departure of two of Ferguson's so-called 'Fab Four' in the shape of Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez.

It would allay the fears for United supporters in what is shaping up to be a worrying summer for the club who have lost out to Real Madrid in the race for Lyon striker Karem Benzema but have signed right-winger Antonio Valencia from Wigan for £16 million.

The former Manchester United and England skipper, Bryan Robson, is confident that Owen can still prosper in the upper echelons of the game despite his recent problems since his £17-million move to Newcastle from Real Madrid.

"Michael is a natural goal-scorer and natural goalscorers who can do the business at the highest level are few and far between," Robson told Telegraph Sport in a recent interview.

"I definitely think that he is capable of being a Champions League striker because he's only 29 and he has still plenty of good years left in him yet."
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...623/Michael-Owen-joins-Manchester-United.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/jul/02/michael-owen-manchester-united-transfer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/8131801.stm

You heard it here first. :D
 
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andy@moFo said:
If Real Madrid have stated that they dont want David Villa anymore after virtually signing Karim Benzema and Barca not being able to get rid of Eto'o, will Liverpool place a cheeky £25-£28mill bid and try and tempt him away? If Barca don't go for him then he's stuck with Valencia and, well.. Valencia want to cash in?
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Apparently Valencia are no longer desperate to sell after finding some extra financial backing. Doubt he'd go back on his word either. We can dream.
 
Pigeon_Killer said:
Great signing for United if it's true. The blistering attack that decimated defences in seasons gone by is looking a distant memory.
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if he ever stayed fit then he'd be a good player. thing is we all know there's no way he's going to stay fit. probably manage under 10 games next season.
 
SideWinder said:
My mate kindly informed me the Owen 'rumour'' is 'bull****' and said something about United going for Adriano and Wagner Love..................
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Wagner Love ???? WAGNER BLOODY LOVE !!!!!, He has got to be the worst Brazillian forward I have ever seen in my life. He made Mirandhinia of Newcastle fame look like Pele
 
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