Written on Thursday, May 17, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in News, Players
Michael Owen has announced that Manchester United will not be offering him a new contact when his current deal expires this summer. This means his last appearance for the Reds probably came in Harry Gregg’s testimonial against Irish League Select XI in Belfast on Tuesday night. If Owen didn’t speak out about how he intents…
Written on Thursday, March 1, 2012 by Dale O'Donnell in Opinion, Players
When Michael Owen took it to Twitter, this evening, to confirm he had trained and it felt good, I couldn’t help myself and wondered how long would it last. Unfortunately, nobody could answer that but there was lots of negativity surrounding the news. It’s doubtful we will ever witness a day when people won’t sigh…
Written on Sunday, September 25, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Players
Michael Owen came out yesterday, after the trip to Stoke, dismissing idiotic claims that he joined Manchester United for the money. Whoever made up those rumours obviously forgot how Owen signed on a pay as you play deal, due to the amount of injuries he picked up at previous clubs. “It’s obvious I’ve had a…
Written on Thursday, July 21, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Highlights, United States Tour 2011
Scorers: Michael Owen, Mame Biram Diouf, Wayne Rooney (x3), Park, Obertan.
Written on Thursday, July 14, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in Match Reports, United States Tour 2011
Manchester United started their pre-season tour with a comfortable victory over New England Revolution. It was the first time United played since losing the Champions League final (47 days) to FC Barcelona in May. We also got a glimpse of new signing, Ashley Young, who I will talk about at a later stage. With all the Sneijder…
Written on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 by Dale O'Donnell in News
This is the third of Stretty News’ three part series on the United Season. Part One can be found here and Part Two here. In February, Gary Neville, who hadn’t been able to fully recover from nagging injuries sufficiently to make an impact with the club, called it a career. The former captain had only…
This morning I woke up to a surprise, Sir Alex Ferguson handed Michael Owen a one-year contract extension that he agreed, and with Danny Welbeck coming back from a loan spell at Sunderland I thought Owen’s days at Manchester United were coming to an end. But I am happy to see he’s staying at United….
Manchester United striker Michael Owen says that he is fit and ready to go if needed in United’s upcoming festive fixtures. Owen hasn’t played for United since the scoreless draw against Sunderland at the start of October. Owen a few hours ago told ManUtd.com: I’m fit and I’ve been in full training for three-and-a-half weeks….
Written on Saturday, September 25, 2010 by Dale O'Donnell in News
With Michael Owen scoring two goals against Scunthorpe Wednesday night you might feel a little more comfortable with the strikers we have at the club. Ferguson has admitted that he now faces a selection problem with strikers the likes of Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov, Michael Owen, Federico Macheda, Chicharito and Bébe. Also remember we have…
Written on Sunday, September 12, 2010 by Dale O'Donnell in Transfer News
Manchester United striker Michael Owen is being linked to become Gerard Houllier’s first signing at his new club Aston Villa. Houllier I’m sure would love to get a chance in managing Owen again and first team football could persuade the English man in moving to Villa Park. Michael Owen aged 30 has scored only nine…
Stretty News – Manchester United blog was launched in the summer of 2010; on the back of coming second in the league just a point behind Chelsea. As you can imagine, we had a lot to say at the time but don’t get us wrong, we still do. Read more..
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