Michael Owen-Worth a gamble?

From being the leading goal scorer,season after season at Liverpool to being out of favour and out of contract at a Newcastle United football club which finds itself in the Coca-Cola Championship,Michael Owen,awaits for a premiership club to offer him a route back into the Barclays' Premier League.

When Michael Owen moved to Real Madrid from Liverpool for £8m,no one in the sports fraternity would have thought that the carrier of the 29-year old would have taken such a dramatic turn.Trophyless with Real Madrid scoring 13 goals,Michael Owen was used more as a substitute.In 2005-2006 season,he returned to the premierleague for £16m and joined Newcastle United where he partnered Alan Shearar up front.With injuries forcing him out of action for the next 18 months,he returned in some style,cemoing the team's top goal scorer in 2007-2008 season.But now the things are very different,injury after injury and Michael Owen's agent is after several premiership club to offer the former Liverpool and Real Madrid player a contract.


Michael Owen would be a big name player where ever he goes and which ever club he plays for in the near future.Michael Owen joined Newcastle United and was offered a four-year contract worth £110,000-a-week.His wage has put several clubs off and has made various clubs think twice before signing the English International.Some fear of Micheal Owen of being injured once again after they have signed him.It would be a gamble buy is there any club in the premiership,who is willing to take that gamble and offer Owen to play once again in the English top division?

Though he might have lost a yard of pace but he still is a potential goal scorer having a great eye for goal.As they say,the form is temporary but the class is permanent,so why not give Owen another chance to play in the premierleague.He is not the same wonderkid 10-years back,who would score in almost every game but is still a very good player.Reports linked Owen to Aston Villa,with Martin O'Neill keen to make him play at Villa Park but hours later Villa's official website dismissed the rumours circulating in the football world.Accroding to Daily Mirror,Owen is in talks with Liverpool's Mersyside rivals,Everton,over a possible deal that would make the 29-year old undergo a pay cut of £70,000 a week and have a salary of £50,000-a-week.With Everton already having injury plaged strikers like Yakubu,James Vaughan and Louis Saha,would David Moyes take that gamble?

Having achieved what he has achieved at a very young age in both,club and international football,Owen deserves another chance to establish himself in world football.How many of us remember Michael Owen scoring that magic goal against Argentina in World Cup 1998 or scoring two against Arsenal to win the FA Cup for Liverpool or that hat-trick against West Ham United when playing for Newcastle,he has to be given another chance.

Owen still,is determined to make it to the English Football team and feature for England in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.He wants to prove everyone wrong who think that Owen's footballing carrier is over and make a mark once again on World football.But as for now,he awaits for a call from a premiership club,likely to be Everton to offer him another chance to play and prove his worth...

Would Everton offer him a contract and take a gamble still remains to be seen but Michael Owen fans would love to see their "Midget Gem" in action in the top flight of of English football once again.