It appears the Galaxy will try to secure Michael Owen on a Bosman free when the Premiership season ends.
http://www.tfcconnected.com/2009/01/...-for-owen.html
It's quite the longshot, but interesting to think about.
LA Galaxy in for Owen
It appears the Galaxy will try to secure Michael Owen on a Bosman free when the Premiership season ends.
http://www.tfcconnected.com/2009/01/...-for-owen.html
It's quite the longshot, but interesting to think about.
Not like we didn't see this coming a mile away. Doesn't the LA management get it yet? You can't win with a star studded lineup?? Oh well let them waste there time. It more upsets me that Owen would even think about moving from Newcastle to LA. Like why he would put his knees in jepoardy playing on the shitty turf stadiums in the MLS. We wants to regain his spot on the England National team, this isn't the way to do it.
100 to 1, that's the odds and I'm sticking to them.lol
Owen is still relatively young and if his contract runs down to the point where he can leave for free then there will still be a lot of interest in him. I would say that the chances of him in the MLS next season are very slim, I for one would certainly question his appetite for the game if he does. Owen has been quite injury prone the last few years but he is still a very good striker, he just happens to play for a team that has been in disarray for the last few years. Owen strike rate is still impressive when he does play, 26 goals in 61 starts for a poor Newcastle team. His career strike rate is still 1 in every two games which is fantastic at the level he plays at.
Well since Landycakes is still on the Galaxy payroll...singing Owen would tie 1.2 million dollars of cap space into three players. I think that would leave 1- 1.5 million for the rest of them. However this situation shouldn't be that much different then the Becks-Landys-Ruiz tandum interms of cap crunch and we know how that situation fared for LA.
you have to be fucking kidding me.
I don't believe for a second that he'll go to the Galaxy, because he's still a national team fringe player, and he has the opportunity to break the English National team all time goal scoring record.
It's just common sense, he still wants to play for England, and so did Beckham when he went to the Galaxy; however it hindered his chances because of the league's credibility and because it's North America which has the stigma of being a "lesser footballing area". As long as he wants to play for England, his fate lies away from the Galaxy.
I want Owen, and at the same time, I really, really don't want him to leave Newcastle.
Newcastle is Shite. I hope the relegate and reformat in the Colaship and come back with no mess and challenge the top clubs for a European spot. They are such a mess right now they need to blow up just to move in the right direction.
I think everyone who still has gas left in the tank in europe has seen what a mistake Beckham made when he could obviously still be playing at a higher level. There are better chances of me signing for Newcastle then Owen coming to MLS.
Meh. I like TFC’s pie-in-the-sky DP plans better than the Galaxy’s. At least we’re trying to build for the future
complete and utter horse pucky.
Yeah...not gonna happen.
If it does, then we're getting Cahill.
Therefore -- NOT GONNA HAPPEN!
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(I think?)
We could definitively use more ninja's on our squad.Originally Posted by twistedchinaman
MORE NINJAS!
MLS put in the DP rule to allow beckham to play for LA. MLS grandfathered Donovon's contract so he could play for LA. MLS will accomodate LA gladly if they actualy get Owen. having said that, I dont think Owen is going to LA, but MLS rules are the least of LA's worries in persuing Owen.
It was the Daily Mirror, the footballing story equivalent of a blind sniper: fires off lots of rounds, rarely comes near the target.
Michael Owen at 46, with two gammy legs and a fractured metatarsal would still rip apart MLS defences.
Easily. MLS defenders would never know where he is... Hence, we will never see him here.
^course we will, he's like Beckham's little shadow.
All of this makes me wonder if the Galaxy really care about becoming a winning team, or if signing superstars to sell jerseys and fill their stadium is the priority.
Nooooooooooooooooooo please Owen don't do it!!!
If Donovan get transeferred, they'll have ridiculous allocation money and be able to invest in some depth.
i know that league rules do not apply to the galaxy....but
Landy cakes was considered grandfathered DP. but for the 2009 season he would either be a real DP or moved to another team,....or the gals could get another dp slot for him.
they wont be able to have all three as dp's
Never going to happen. When healthy, he's still one of the best finishers out there. He won't be coming to MLS any time soon.
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What ???? English please.....
LAG are no more likely to get him than we are. Owen is a mercenary, and a super ambitious one at that. he'll only go to a UEFA CL side, probably in the Premiership. he'll have plenty of interest as a Bosman signing.
Hmmmm - chelsea, liverpool or la galaxy? hahhahaha....
We are the Angry Mob, we read the papers every day
We like who we like, we hate who we hate
But we're also easily swayed
What would be good for the league is if a team like New York got Owen. Then they might actually get a national audience when New York and L.A. play. Also, if you look at how attendance goes up in some markets when L.A. comes to town. You would have this happenning when New York visits other cities as well.
anything that brings more quality players to MLS cannot be a bad thing
No he wouldn't.
Yes he would
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you would think the Galaxy would go for a defender first, thats their main weakness.
Liverpool aren't interested. That liver bird has flown.
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