Owen to United

Michael is now part of the Mancunian Army

Last week, the transfer market was shaken by the shocking news (and quite an amusing one too) that Michael Owen had became a Man Utd player. This would have been unthinkable 7 years ago back in the days when Michael Owen used to rule roost as the top English and Liverpool marksman. The favoured son of Anfield was one of the most coveted property in the early 2000s. Alongside with his best buddy Gerrard, Owen was considered to be one of Anfield's finest soldiers from its academy. Of course, it all went downhill to moment he went to Madrid. And it went worse when he signed for the Magpies and the Geordies look up to him as if he was Shearer No.2. They looked up to him as a leader and by all means, they tried revolve the club around him as a talisman. Owen spent a tormenting period at Newcastle and tried to overcame a series of unfortunate injuries. His injury spells were so bad that he was branded as "Glass Man".

The rumours were always there of course especially when Newcastle got relegated. When the transfer window was opened, only Hull and Stoke were interested in signing him. The top clubs are not taking risks with him because they were unwilling to pay a high salary for someone who's spending lots of times on the bench. It's known of course that Owen's salary at Newcastle is astronomical for the club.

In a season where Madrid seems to be one that grabs all the goodies, Fergie gave a call to Owen on one Wednesday breakfast morning. It was a quick snap up by Fergie before any of the mid-table clubs tried to grab him up. Of course, some may question Fergie's wisdom on this but I choose to look at it in a postive light. In fact, I'm pretty excited by Owen's arrival at Old Trafford. Perhaps he could be the answer for the "van Nistlerooy" figure that we have always being looking for. I don't think there's much to lose for Fergie since it's a free transfer plus Owen is taking a pay-by-u-play way of salary. This meant that in times of injury, Man Utd won't be wasting money and if Owen's in a hot-form, it's United's gain. Owen looks like the kind of dude that gives much but expects little in return. I won't be surprised if he can become the next Solskjaer in Man Utd. It's a good bench to have an experienced fella like Owen there instead of relying shakily on inconsistent young guns like Welbeck and Macheda in times of crisis.

The Anfield crowd definitely won't love him for defecting to Manchester. But Owen may just be in the right place to revive his career. The physios at Old Trafford will do a better job than those at St. James Park to maintain him..haha. I do believe there's still striking venom left in Owen although his potential has been hampered repeatedly during his time with the Geordies. Anyways, I'll be looking forward to see him in action at Malaysia :)