No Decision From Owen

Last updated : 13 February 2007 By Footy Mad - Editor
When pushed to answer if he expected to be back before the end of the season, he insisted he will only return when he is 110% certain the knee ligament injury is clear.

He was seen jogging in training on Monday for the first time since rupturing his anterior cruciate knee ligaments at the World Cup. The first stage in his return, but unlike last season he had a race against time to make the World Cup in Germany, he will not jump the gun just for the sake of it.

Roeder learnt from the mistakes of Graeme Souness that bringing a player back a week or two early can make the injury twice as worse. Something that happened often during the reign of the ex-Liverpool manager with Emre and Kieron Dyer.