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Owen agrees to join Newcastle

Owen agrees to join Newcastle

NEWCASTLE – England striker Michael Owen agreed a four-year contract to join Newcastle United yesterday, ending an unhappy year at Real Madrid.

The 25-year-old former European Footballer of the Year was due to undergo a medical later yesterday and is set to complete his move for a club record fee of more than 15 million pounds ($27.11 million). “Bringing Michael to St James’ Park will rank alongside the signing of Alan Shearer as my proudest moment at Newcastle United,” Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd told the club’s website.”Newcastle fans love centre forwards and Michael is a fantastic goal scorer.He’s someone we would love to build the team around and we hope he can help us bring success to the club.”Owen had also been linked with a return to Liverpool, the club he left last year for eight million pounds when he chose to follow in the footsteps of England captain David Beckham and sign for nine-times European champions Real.He would have preferred to return to his former club but Liverpool coach Rafa Benitez appeared reluctant to buy him back.Newcastle asked Real about Owen’s availability three weeks ago and stepped up their bid to sign him after a poor start to the season in which they gathered only one point from four matches and failed to score a goal.-Nampa-Reuters”Bringing Michael to St James’ Park will rank alongside the signing of Alan Shearer as my proudest moment at Newcastle United,” Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd told the club’s website.”Newcastle fans love centre forwards and Michael is a fantastic goal scorer.He’s someone we would love to build the team around and we hope he can help us bring success to the club.”Owen had also been linked with a return to Liverpool, the club he left last year for eight million pounds when he chose to follow in the footsteps of England captain David Beckham and sign for nine-times European champions Real.He would have preferred to return to his former club but Liverpool coach Rafa Benitez appeared reluctant to buy him back.Newcastle asked Real about Owen’s availability three weeks ago and stepped up their bid to sign him after a poor start to the season in which they gathered only one point from four matches and failed to score a goal.-Nampa-Reuters

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