Martin O’Neill has hinted that he will look to reunite
the deadly partnership of Emile Heskey and Michael Owen at Villa
Park in the summer.
Heskey became an Aston Villa player on Friday when completing a
£3.5 million move from Wigan and links up once again with the man
who fostered his early development at Leicester City.
Heskey’s performances for The Foxes earned him a move to
Liverpool in 2000 where he dovetailed neatly with Owen, but it is
their partnership at international level that brought such success
for both parties – most notably in the 5-1 win in Germany in 2001
when Owen claimed a hat-trick and Heskey finished the rout.
Owen is out of contract in six months and will not talk terms
with Newcastle until the end of the season when he could earn a
lucrative move as a free agent, a situation that may well have
alerted O’Neill.
“I’m not saying that I will move for Owen in the summer, I’ve
not looked at anything at that remote a distance,” said O’Neill in
The Sun.
“But that’s not to say Michael Owen is not a terrific player. We
wait to see.
“Anything is possible. Kaka is a possibility!
“We want to try and compete at this level but what’s happening
in the future? I have no idea.”