Money-Grabbing Owen Still Gets £55,000 A Week From Toon!

Last updated : 12 July 2009 By Footy Mad - Editor

Sunday Sun: "The Magpies face paying a staggering £700,000-plus in wages to Owen and his fellow out-of-contract players Mark Viduka and Cacapa for the month of July.

"The trio all left Tyneside as free agents on June 30.

"And the Sunday Sun reported a fortnight ago how Newcastle were liable to continue paying them in full for a month if they failed to find new clubs.

"Owen, of course, clinched a shock move to Manchester United last weekend.

"But we can now reveal that the Magpies are still obliged throughout July to pay Owen the difference between his salary at St James's Park and his new £50,000-a-week deal at Old Trafford.

"That means that as well as having paid him in full for the first few days of the month, Newcastle have to stump up £55,000 a week to Owen until the end of the month."