Owen on the verge of signing for Villa reports denied by O’Neill.
Posted on June 8th, 2009 | 23 Comments |
Aston Villa are on the verge of signing Michael Owen for Aston Villa, the Birmingham Mail are reporting today.
The report says that Owen, 29, whose contract has now effectively expired at Newcastle is keen to renew his strike partnership with former Liverpool and England team-mate, Emile Heskey, and would be willing to accept a salary which is half of what he was receiving at St James’s Park.
Whatever the speculation, he will almost certainly going somewhere next season, he’ll almost certainly be getting a much lower wage, and we still wouldn’t be able to afford that anyway in the Championship.
Full report here.
The report has since been denied by Villa’s manager, Martin O’Neill.
“More to follow…”
Probably (hopefully) half the squad ;-)
Inevitable end to a disappointing affair. It could have been so different.