Michael Owen must buck a worrying trend developed at
Newcastle United if he is to be
a success at Manchester
United.
The Daily Mail says should Owen score for
Manchester United at Wembley in
the Community Shield against Chelsea tomorrow, he will be doing something he
failed to do in four years at his last club, Newcastle United: score against one of the top
four.
Owen's record of 30 goals in 65 starts for Newcastle is so
impressive he should be a cherished former player, but once that
record is broken down - and allied to his injuries on Tyneside and
his failure to convince that he ever wanted to be there - there are
reasons why this is not the case.
One of them is that, despite facing United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea 14 times in the league and
Arsenal once in the FA Cup, Owen
did not score against the best teams in the division.