Michael Owen

i dont think he will make that much difference as you have also gota have a good team around you. lol
i shouldn\'t take the mick as us SAFC fans have got nuthin to laugh about just now only thging is you are only 1 point above
 
There will be more clauses in his contract than there is in all the department stores across the UK in December.

The best one\'s are when they are photographed kissing the clubs badge on their shirts and promising allegiance for however many years at the press conferences, 6 months later they are signing at another club and going through the same routine.

In my opinion it\'s all about money, money, money to the player, Owens not from the North East, He\'ll not give a toss about Newcastle United, why has he not thought of moving here before. Wonder what his wage demands are, Like Keith says though, they\'ll not be as big as Shearer\'s, unless he\'s had another pay rise :o
 
IF he only does his year,as reported,and scores his average number of goals(16),it works out at £1,062,500 per goal,to finish in the top 10.Is it worth it?

[Edited on 31/8/2005 by Tat]
 
No sour grapes there then eh!
FACT-there is NO get out clause
FACT-Newcastle have just signed one of the best English centre forwards of all time,possibly to become the best ever considering he is currently only 17 goals short of Bobby Charltons all time record with possibly another 10 years of international football left in him.
FACT-The worst team in the history of the premiership(official)address there need for a centre forward by signing a player who could not get a game at Blackburn last year.
 
All this, there is a get out clause, there is not a get out clause.
How many of you were there at the signing of the contract?
The only way to get to know for sure is if someone can get a hold of a copy of the contract and post it on this board.
Lets all wait till the end of the season and see how he does.
 
its a 4 year contract so they still have something to sell in a year or 2. a 1 year contract and he could of walked on a free \'bosman\' transfer

just protecting an asset thats all

you don\'t see many \'paid for\' signings these days with less than at least 3 years on the contract

it\'ll go 2 ways, he\'ll be great in which case freddie can get his money back in 18months, or it\'ll be mediocre in which case it 16million or whatever divided by 4 as a depreciating asset on the balance sheet. the cost of a player is tax allowable and they can be accounted for as a depreciating asset (just like a company car)

the accountants will have it all stitched, look at a NUFC balance sheet in 3 years and one way or another it won\'t have cost them much, either by banking his depreciation against tax liabilities, or liquidating the asset at the best time financially.

just business at the end of the day, the football bit is just a necessary evil to keep the money machine turning as far as fat freddie is concerned

If we had won 2,3 or god forbid even 4 of the opening games do you think we\'d of signed him. I doubt it
 
why all the doubts?
A world-class striker with just under a goal every two games in international football, good combination of skill, pace and he has the ability to read the game. I no he might not of had the best of games at Real Madrid, But ha\'way look at their squad!, it was always going to be a test to get first team football!
I have no doubt of the impact Owen\'s return will have, both for club and country.
He is a great player and has scored a lot of goals in the Premiership and hopefully he can carry that on for Newcastle.
It\'s good to have him back in English football - and it will help him as well.He scored 16 goals last season which wasnt to bad for the amount of games he played.

Everyone forgets Owen scored 158 goals in 297 appearances for Liverpool, his first club.

and the funny thing is Owen scored more goals against Newcastle than any other team, but never played under current Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez, who sold him for 8million shortly after taking over.

Dont Doubt the lad just yet man lads, Give Him a Few games!
 
the reason madrid got owen for only 8 million was that he was out of contract at liverpool in 6 months time when he could of left for free so liverpool had no option but to take the 8 million or wait 6 months and watch him leave for NOTHING ,,2 yrsago owen was valued at 25 million+ and now we get him for 17 million [ canny cheap then ]

just to have a little dig at our poorer cousins doon the road who ALLWAYS WILL LOOK UP TO US FOREVER with a bit envy at our spending and our players we bring in , BUT who was the last english current international they bought or have they ever [ honestly i cant name 1 ? ]

hope the above isnt taking the wrong way
 
7 million back already from JJ.

We now, i feel have the players to put the ball in the danger zone and the attackers to do the rest, parkers fantastic and will be in England team soon and Emra is going to be good.

I said if we never bought big we would end up in the bottom 6 again this season, i now feel this is the lift the club needs and i dont just mean own, lucay as well as solano will help turn things around and i hope can get us in the top 6...i feel 8th spot finish this year but i hope more.
 
Selling Jenas was good business,highly overated and should\'nt even be in the national side,I would have let him go for half that.Nearly as clever as selling Woodgate :o
 
No sour grapes from me, just a lot off reading between the lines, and this is from my black and white mates as well.

While Bob the accountant is in charge of SAFC, the biggest fee we\'ll fork out is ten bob and a fat orange.

As good as Owen is though, he\'s not good enough to cover for Boumsongs clangers! Is he Bramble in disguise?
 

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