Michael Owen has revealed
he would 'jump at the chance' of featuring for England this summer,
after making his comeback for Newcastle on Monday.
The striker came through a full 90 minutes on his first outing
since suffering a serious knee injury on England duty at last
summer's World Cup.
Owen claims he has worked extremely hard on his fitness and after
coming through the 1-0 defeat to Reading unscathed, focus has
shifted to England's friendly with Brazil on 1st June.
"I'm hopefully going to be fine to be playing in the last two games
for Newcastle and then it's down to whether Steve McClaren picks
me," Owen told the website.
"And if I'm fit and playing for Newcastle, obviously I'd jump at
the chance to play for my country. Its a fantastic honour."
The 27-year-old claims he is starting his career again and insists
he feels far stronger than before he suffered cruciate knee
ligament damage against Sweden.
"When you have an injury like this you get to start again, you get
a clean sheet of paper," he added. "We've built up everything, I
weigh a stone heavier now than when I got injured and none of it is
fat I can assure you.
"Now you get to start over again. I feel a massive difference from
when I last played, I feel as though I can use my body and be
strong and win a lot of headers.
"I felt a different type of player. I felt really well."
