We Don't Need McClaren Knocking On The Door
Last updated : 23 March 2007 By Footy Mad - Editor
We all know what happened last season. Owen was crocked at White Hart Lane on New Years Eve, and one year ago this week he spoke of a Newcastle return before the end of the campaign ... so he could play in the World Cup.
He managed 30 minutes playing for Newcastle (in the match against Birmingham), then jetted off to Germany with England ... and hasn't played for us since.
The 27-year-old Newcastle and England striker is continuing his rehabilitation from surgery to repair his ruptured anterior cruciate ligament and is hoping to return to full training within a matter of weeks.
Owen: "I would think it would be a couple of weeks before I can join in training. I am kicking and running straight as hard as I like, and then it is the twisting and turning."
However ... England boss Steve McClaren said he would dearly love to have had Owen at his disposal in Israel tomorrow night as his side attempts to revive its European Championship qualifying campaign. And this threat of playing for England has us concerned.
Michael Owen owes Newcastle a lot, and that MUST be his priority!
England can plod on without him ... we cannot!
Owen has been sidelined ever since collapsing in agony early in June's World Cup clash with Sweden just weeks after returning from a five-month absence with a fractured metatarsal.
Roeder has not yet been able to name him in his starting line-up since he became manager.