Newcastle United are still paying Michael Owen in the region of £50,000-a-week despite his move to Manchester United.
The Sunday Sun says 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.