In January 2009, Michael Owen is free to move away from St. James' Park. A number of teams are rumoured to be interested in him, most prominently Chelsea.

Are we in the running for the 28-year-old striker? Should we be?

Owen has recently fallen out of favour with England manager Fabio Capello, who's recently been running a 4-5-1 with Wayne Rooney as the lone striker, so a move away from England isn't entirely off the books.

For the right offer, would he consider moving here? We do have the Magpies connection, after all...though Owen never played under Carver (who left Newcastle the year before Owen arrived).

As I see it, he's scored nearly one goal in every two games he plays in arguably the top 2 leagues in the world (and at the international level). And he's 28...hardly over-the-hill. There are at least 4 or 5 years left in those legs if he stays healthy.

This is the kind of player we've been begging for as a DP, isn't it? Someone who's prolific and who isn't considered "old" by football standards.

So really, I have two questions for you.

1. Should we throw our names into the Michael Owen lottery hat?
2. Would he even consider a move to Toronto?