Football Corner

Newcastle United have today agreed a club record fee with Real Madrid for England strker Michael Owen. The Magpies are determined to bring the former Liverpool forward to St James' Park even though he has expressed a intrest in returning to Anfield. Owen has indicated he would only join Newcastle on loan but The Magpies have agreed terms with Real, a club they are used to doing business with after selling Jonathan Woodgate to the Spanish giants.

The striker seems certain to move on from the Bernabeu this summer, following crunch talks with Real president Florentino Perez on Tuesday, and he admitted it would likely be a straight fight between Liverpool and Newcastle for his signature. "Newcastle United have met Real Madrid's asking price and conditions," a statement on the club's website read. "The agreed fee will be a record transfer fee for Newcastle United. "It is now up to the player and his advisor."

I think Owen should be playing regularly in a World Cup year and I believe he should move back to England. Real will be making a great profit in this deal if it does go through because they only paid £8million and Antonio Nunez to Liverpool last summer and Nunez isn't really a great player. I think Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez should seriously consider buying Owen after the sale of Milan Baros to Aston Villa, But whoever Owen ends up with I'm sure he will have a great season.

As some of you may now I ran a poll a while ago about Michael Owen's future and what club would he be at come the end of August, here are the results:

Real Madrid=4 Votes.
Man united=1 Vote.
Newcastle=1 Vote.
Liverpool=8 Votes.
Other=4 Votes.

By the way my readers I recently had an interview with a fellow blogger of mine, Football Commentator, about Irish football. Click here to read it.