Big Sam admits Owen fears
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Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce has admitted he is powerless to stop Michael Owen from leaving the club.
Allardyce confirmed Owen has a release clause in his contract allowing him to leave if another club reaches that release fee.
Owen's future at St James' Park has been the subject of some conjecture for some time now with Freddy Shepherd calling on the player to make a public statement of his commitment.
The England international has been coy on his long-term future at Newcastle with the player believed to be keen on a return to the North West.
Allardyce, who has held talks with Owen over his future, accepts the former Liverpool hit-man could move on in the summer.
"If Michael wants to leave, there's nothing I can do about it, especially if another club triggers his release clause," Allardyce told the News of the World.
"At the moment, we are benefiting from a release clause to get Joey Barton.
"But we could also suffer because of Michael's clause."
Liverpool are thought to be monitoring Owen's situation with the player widely believed to be keen on a return to Anfield.
Meanwhile, Newcastle are being credited with an interest in Barcelona's Ludovic Giuly.
Giuly is expected to leave Barcelona at the end of the season after being told he does not figure in their long-term plans.
A number of French clubs are believed to be chasing the winger, but Giuly's commercial representative, Sebastien Riera, says Newcastle are interested in the French international.
"Ludo is aware of Newcastle's interest," Riera told the Sunday Sun.
Should The Magpies fail in their attempts to sign Giuly they could turn their attentions to Bolton's El Hadji Diouf. -
I think Michael Owen is going to lose quite an amount of respect if he walks out on Newcastle like this. At least he most certainly won't be having my respect anymore.
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messiah owen pls dun go...
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the fact that Newcastle paid a huge sum of money to get him out of Real when he didn't quite enjoyed himself with them and the way Newcastle stood by him when he got injuried playing for England does make senses that he repay them by at least staying with them a couple of years to allow them to recoup some of those millions.. but with the way things goes in transfer market i seriously doubt anyone gives a damn, just hope that Owen is not one of those
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if he were to leave, it will only be to pool... else he will not be respected anymore!Originally posted by Slipshade:I think Michael Owen is going to lose quite an amount of respect if he walks out on Newcastle like this. At least he most certainly won't be having my respect anymore. -
He go where also won't be respected.
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i would hope he stays at least 1 season to prove himself and repay the confidence and support in/of him. but then again with huge amounts of money flying around, i won't blame him if he doesn't
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Yea i also feel he needs to repay the faith Newcastle put in him.
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the way he was kicked out, standing on other side of Pool's gate with the infamous " you will never walk alone", should deter him from donning Pool's jersey.
emotionally, he should stay and score goals for newcastle.
but then, once you tasted the big stages, will you be willing to give that up?
knowingly your body clock is against you??
even if he plays his best, would newcastle ever grace the Champions League??
maybe not this season but next or next???
if he stayed one more season in pool, he would have gotten a Champions League Medal..
Owen did said he called Carragher after pool's defeat to Milan, saying, at least you got one, don't cry, I got none..
Does that means anything?? No one knows till market close on 31st Aug 07. -
nvr mind there's still luque
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He was not kicked out. He was the one who chose to ditch Liverpool. And he deserves to get none. I mean, he could have got it too, had he remained loyal. But well, he chose to leave in a dishonorable manner.Originally posted by iceFatboy:the way he was kicked out, standing on other side of Pool's gate with the infamous " you will never walk alone", should deter him from donning Pool's jersey.
emotionally, he should stay and score goals for newcastle.
but then, once you tasted the big stages, will you be willing to give that up?
knowingly your body clock is against you??
even if he plays his best, would newcastle ever grace the Champions League??
maybe not this season but next or next???
if he stayed one more season in pool, he would have gotten a Champions League Medal..
Owen did said he called Carragher after pool's defeat to Milan, saying, at least you got one, don't cry, I got none..
Does that means anything?? No one knows till market close on 31st Aug 07.
I hope he's not going to do the same dishonorable thing again. -
he doesnt want luque!Originally posted by The man who was death:nvr mind there's still luque 
Allardyce snubs Luque
Newcastle United forward Albert Luque will not be returning to St James' Park.
Boss Sam Allardyce has made it clear there is no place for the Spanish striker in his Tyneside revolution.
Luque, a £9.5million signing from Deportivo La Coruna last summer, has struggled to make an impact since his arrival in the North East.
PSV Eindhoven made a bid to sign the 29-year-old on loan but the deal fell through, reportedly due to the player's high wage demands.
Luque's father and agent, told the Daily Mirror: "We've tried to contact Allardyce to see what plans he has. But he has not spoken to us at all."