Owen In Contract Talks!

Last updated : 15 May 2008 By Footy Mad - Editor
Representatives of the England international met with club officials last week to begin negotiations and a second meeting is planned to take place in the next fortnight.

Owen is full of praise for the work done by Keegan.

Owen: "He's had a massive impact. It was never going to happen straight away, not only did we have some tough games, but a lot of the lads were low on confidence. When you lose a manager the only reason you lose them is because results have not been good.

"The confidence wasn't high, but if you could ever ask for a man to pick players up and get the best out of them then it's Kevin Keegan, and I think there's more improvement to come in that respect.

"We all enjoy training and playing alongside each other and he has brought a real feel-good factor into the club.

"Everyone is enjoying coming in to training every day and when you do that you do it better. He knows his stuff and he can see a player, he can see if something needs tweaking or changing and tactically he's very good. It's been a fantastic appointment for us and we've all really enjoyed his time so far."