Owen Jumps Ship Then Tells Toon To Keep The Good Players!

Last updated : 06 July 2009 By Footy Mad - Editor

Michael Owen: "Hopefully Alan will obviously keep the job, take the job and it'll start coming back for them. I know him well. I like him as a friend as well.

"Even just in the few weeks that he took over everyone can see that there's something there and he'll be a success in management.

"He'll be great for Newcastle to have. He's got a real feeling and passion for the club and that's what they need at this time.

"It's obviously a very difficult situation that Newcastle are in at the minute and it's probably been brewing for quite a while unfortunately, but I'd like to think that whether the owner stays on or a new owner comes in then I'd like to think they'd keep a lot of the better players.

"There's no doubt that there's a lot of quality in the squad. Some good players, good people there and obviously the fans deserve to promoted straight back up. There's 55,000 or something every week supporting their team.

"It's a massive club and hopefully they can get back up."