Agreed, I honestly don't think Kun fits the bill. Who else is probable, perhaps Huntelaar? isn't among the best strikers now but perfect for a 3rd striker. With all this hype on all these players, Rooney you gotta step up man!

We need to sign up the Spanish weather. Would be our greatest asset.

he "seemed" to be not in form coz he was playing out of his position.....his form during England matches was blistering, so fergie might wanna emulate that tactic this season

owen for free.. why not
but still united need someone more dependable as we play more than 50 game a season. i pick huntelaar!!

buying player not like buying groceries at supermarket..
i believe SAF will sign someone.. still lots of time and lots of money
SAF knows best!! 

the way football is now being played, especially at continential stage i.e champions league, has evolved so much from the past. last years english team for example love to go for crosses and the traditional 4-4-2 which is easily predicted and handled.

the most effective way to play now is the spanish way. move.pass. off ball runs. etc. etc. similar way to arsene's method. less and less these days they gone to the wings and cross.

with aquisition of owen which himself not the tallest of the strikers, i believe sir alex is keeping to this new way of football to be played. owen is very much a quick player, move around, and his high level footballing temprament will help the others especially the young ones.

sir alex could have gone for huntelaar, but the dutch is nothing more than younger van nistelrooy who contribution to play is minimal. but my god he got the golden touch van nistelrooy. give him 5 chances he will got like 2-3 goals. but once the opposing team stopped the ball reaching him, he was useless. i dunt know about benzema whether he is traditional centre foward or the striker who can play this newly evolved way football.

but yeah, owen is very much prone to get injured. hes like that rugby poster boy wilkinson. talented and can change the game single handedly, but only if u can get him on the pitch.

whatever it is, in Sir Alex we trust.

the fact is that traditional english teams even from the 70s played this 4-42 system with a target man and a nippy number 10. then only these few years we got to have another system which is the way arsene's arsenal played. then in continential stages, the systems are varied historically, but nonetheless many of them adapted to the 4-4-2. if u watch closely, Madrid's 2001/2002 CL squad was the last of the traditional number 9 and 10 systems, with Raul and Morientes played the target man and the nippy partner. since then, all the winners either played with 2 short strikers (read liverpool 04-05) or a single striker supported by midfield of 5. milan introduced another splendid formulation in 2006-07 campaign - a sitting defensive midfielder in pirlo - and now most teams have that position whenever they play continentially.

i am not talking about these 2 -3 years when i mentioned that 'traditional english formation' of 4-4-2. check ur facts and u'll find most english teams, either the clubs or the national team, played that way, almost 20-30 years ago and still playing that way in the 1990s. infact, some of the lesser teams still doing that no 9 and no 10 thing.

as for manchester united, we changed the european approach 1 -2 years after the 1999 triumpant season with van nistelrooy playing upfront and scholesy as the supporting second striker. not exactly as second striker, its more of a attacking midfielder? whatever it is, thats the idea mooted and put up practice by sir alex and he got plenty of sticks on that. results during that transition period werent helpful either with disastrous losses to deportivo la coruna.

arsenal never play 442 these few years. its either adebayor start single and they throw bretner in as the game goes on. liverpool plays mostly a single striker torres. chelsea changed dramatically during Mourinhos years with 4-5-1 whenever they lost the ball, but transformed into 4-3-3 whenever they go foward. english team dominated the later stages because they no longer play the easily predicted and ancient formation 4-4-2.

agreed with u on ruud van nistelrooy. he was just absolutely sensation. losing bit of edge is something, but i believe the reason he was sold is to make rooms for a new way of playing.

I dont know how good it could possibly be,if we take into account the whole characteristics of the possible deal ;

1. FITNESS - goes without saying.
2. His contribution. To me,he's just like a weaker version of Rooney.
3. His salary demands. He will definitely want around $100K a week.

Either that or i just dont like him because of his history

Well, it starts with Lyon accepting the offer and I'm sure that we would have bidded 30m pounds, of course we can't be sure whether we bidded or not but Lyon obviously know that we wanted Benzema and would have waited for our offer. Thing is they need a replacement and Ruud fits their plan, I would have gone with the Real deal if I was Lyon. As for Benzema, I think he would have went to any club.

hmm,i wonder what are the odds given for owen to be injured during the coming season if he does come?  ..*touch wood*..So if he does come we'll kinda have our 3rd striker, do we need a 4th now?..Huntelaar?..Big fan of Huntelaar!

the signing make sense, as fergie wont sign a big star striker as he already got rooney-berbatov. there are no such thing as rotation for the star players as fergie is not playing FM ... they will become the next tevez. thats why united glad to have ole as a super sub, willing to sit on the bench and wait for chances ...

owen will be fergie 3rd choice striker after rooney and berbatov ... still wellbeck/macheda is too lightweight to become 4th striker ...

o yea. i forgot bout our initial budget and the possibility of Campbell being sold. So, we have almost a 100m but still can't land some big names, oh well...we ain't Real Madrid. We don't buy success .  We earn them. 

well, if united medical team say he is fit, then i guess he must be. just hope that owen won't break bones again, huhuhu.

Hrrmmss.. Owen..! Liverpool old-boy
Anyway.. lots of noise going around my Facebook about him being a has-been and whatnot... but I think if he can rekindle that spark that once made him a proven goal-scorer (I'm sure being the best club in the world should do it ) and that our physios take good care of him.. well could be a good thing.
Fingers crossed!

how bout d middle of d park?
who can replace scholes n provide back up for carrick?
prove me wrong but im sensing lack of creativity ere with ronaldo gone

SAF signing him for free, then wtf happens to the 85mil left of the transfer fund?

i rarely see Berba setup goals for ppl ...normally i saw from CR ..Scholes..and Carrick...or Giggs...

"It's all in my head. It's all in my head. Michael Owen is not coming. He's not in Carrington. The newspapers are reporting bollocks..."

Redcafe's still down? Amazing impact owen has had already.

I must say, with Tevez and Ronaldo gone... we have reduce problem player (pubs, girls, party, moaning...)

Owen is very much a team player and focus on Football. Valencia picked United ahead of Real Madrid, loyalty is there.

I believe we have a squad fully focus on football and not on media spotlight. If Nani and Tosic able to step up and become the young version of Giggs, we have a very balance attacking football team.

Next season, we will see the power of Berba and Roon!!

SOS  

this ultraman jersey kind of joke..who the hell design it..this season would see the drop of shirt selling business..dunno want to buy or not

Welcome Owen....

SAF probably use him sparingly....more like a super sub I guess. He won't repeat what Steve Gon Ericsson and Newcastle Manager's of putting him straightly to the first 11 action. Pre-season is crucial for him. Let's hope he left Asia free injury. But there is a chance he won't follow the tour. Straight to US accompany OH to the knee specialist.

The wholesale from Real Madrid:

Rafael van der Vaart.
Wesley Sneijder
Arjen Robben

fancy any of those...?

lol..so happy??...pathetic signing..please prove me wrong michael glass owen

no need to console ourself when we cant get the best players la..lol

Forget own Ryan Giggs? Pacey winger do have similar problem with their hamstrings. But we have specialist at Carrington to monitor him.

For Sneidjer he's the engine at the midfield. He's performance been overshadow by Real Madrid underachievers team last season.

OH will probably be back during the Boxing Day. MU desperately need a midfielder. Anderson still need time to blend,Scholes is agening and so do Giggs....

Just my thoughts, Patrick Viera still have another 3 to 4 year.......

The transfer of Owen really got me there. Totally didn't saw it coming and i must say SAF is taking a gamble in buying him. I liken this situation as when Wenger buying Silvestre last year. It could swing either way, one he makes no significant contribution to the team. Two, he suddently rediscovers his form and makes a large contribution in winning something. So far for Silvestre, its the former.

With Owen, he exploded into the scene way early. He was known to be a teenage prodigy star and had 5-6 really good years and was once the most feared striker. I think LFC made a good move to sell him to Real when he was starting to look like a fading star and they cashed in on him. In Real, he was alright but couldn't dislodge the galacticos and thereafter, his career took a nosedive and arguably his worst period is with Newscastle. Not only he failed miserably but he's injury prone too.

From an optimistic point of view, if the physio and medics at Man Utd can nurture him back to full fitness and carefully track the way he handles his body on and off the pitch, i seriously think Owen can have a second shot at fame again. I think at Newcastle, they might have rushed him back a little too early or didn't treat his injuries as well as the big clubs would have, considering he was their star player and is expected to perform every other game. With Man utd and the big four, they might look at it differently and try to ensure the players get full recovery before starting them again. Furthermore, you have good cover when you're out injured, as compared to smaller clubs who always try to get their star player back to the pitch ASAP.

Anyways, it will be interesting how Owen gets his second chance. Just when we thought he's a has been, he signs for arguably the biggest club and it remains to be seen.

Maybe 69
What about Louis Owen?

Anyway, looking at uncle Wikipedia here, apparently he has a lot of thigh and calf problems.

o_o

EDIT:

YOU KNOW WHAT IM THINKING

I think Fletcher will be given the number 7, whereby Valencia will get 24, the age he will be this year

There have been talks saying SAF failed to attract star. I must say, none of the manager in EPL is able to attract star as well. The point is all the star wished to play for Real Madrid.

Spanish league offer better salary, weather condition and not to mention, less tax. Player gets better salary after tax reduction in Spain. Not to mention Real Madrid processed large amount of money from "unknown" source and unbelievable club history as well.

dont really understand why everyone is bashing tevez now..not long ago..everyone is screaming 'sign him up'...zzzzzzzzzzz

so you're so sure those words come from tevez mouth himself???..not made up by the media???...such a shame

(PS: not long ago..there's a news bout ronaldo saying he wanted to leave last season or whatever..(something like that), and few days later, the company that represent ronaldo said he dint even spoke to the media...how's that??...can't believe some people still fall into this kind of media crap)

but MU have not sign a player that can score like CR7 and Tevez, putting your faith in a injury prone and not in form striker is too dangerous. if Rooney or Berbartov got injured, who will lead the attack?