Michael
Owen has said he expects to return to fitness for
the first day of pre-season training.
Owen, who joined on a free transfer last summer, scored his
ninth goal of the season during the Carling Cup final in February
before suffering a hamstring injury that ruled him out of the
run-in.
Despite their injury problems in defence and attack this season,
United remain one point behind Chelsea going into the final day on
Sunday, and Owen is desperate to conclude what he feels has been a
positive campaign with his first ever league title.
"My fitness is good," he said. "I saw the surgeon in London two
weeks ago and he was really pleased. Everything went well with the
operation and the aim is to be doing everything with the lads on
the first day of pre-season training.
"It was a shame to get the injury at Wembley. I thought it was a
minor thing at first but it was obviously worse than that. Other
than that, I was delighted with my first season at United.
"I was fit for 43 of the first 44 games. I was in every squad
and, although the odds are against us, hopefully tomorrow we can
round it off by winning the league. I have never got this close
before so I will certainly be in the crowd supporting the lads
tomorrow."
Owen's injury ended his slim hopes of making the World Cup
finals with England, but the striker is confident Fabio Capello can lead the side
into the latter stages of the tournament.
"We have a very good side and we are going there in good form,"
Owen said. "We have been favoured by the draw. Spain are the main
danger, they are a cracking team, and they are in the other half,
so you would like to think we will get into the quarter-finals as a
minimum.
"You never who you will get then, or what form you will be in.
Once we get past the quarters, anything else is a bonus."