Originally Posted by Bilbo

Re: Owen, I've been on about us getting this guy for a couple of years now (to much cafe derision). A couple of things that are noteworthy.

He had reconstruction done on his knee last year which apparently left it as strong as it has ever been. His injury problems could well be behind him.

United requested a physio report from his agent last summer with a view to attempting a cut-price bid. It either didn't happen, or we did bid but Newcastle rejected it - I don't know. However, Ferguson is clearly a fan of his.



Factor in price, age, nationality, experience & class, and I've long thought that Owen is the best possible option out there for us. He would score 30 goals a season playing in this team and is world-class at finding space off of the shoulders of centre-backs - something we have been lacking in our squad without Saha.