Michael Owen on verge of Man United switch
insideworldsoccer.com 7/3/2009 — Michael Owen is on the brink of moving to Manchester United , according to reports in British press. The 29-year-old has left Newcastle United after his reported £120,000-a-week contract ran out on Tuesday. According to The Sun , United boss Sir Alex Ferguson had contacted the injury-plagued ...

Owen signs for Manchester United
footballrants.blogspot.com 7/3/2009 — Manchester United is delighted to announce that it has signed Michael Owen on a two-year contract. The striker was out of contract, so no transfer fee is involved. Sir Alex Ferguson said: "Michael is a world class forward with a proven goalscoring ...

Michael Owen completes Manchester United move
telegraph.co.uk 7/4/2009 — Michael Owen signs on for free on a highly incentivised twoyear deal after passing a stringent medical.

OFFICIAL: Michael Owen signs for Manchester United
insideworldsoccer.com 7/4/2009 — Michael Owen sealed his sensational move to Manchester United on Friday after passing a medical and then signing a two-year contract. Photo: manutd.com His contract at Old Trafford is based on bonuses for playing and scoring but Owen has been happy to take a huge pay cut from his ...

Owen to United Shows Hard Lesson for the Premier League Elite
thethirdhalf.org 7/2/2009 — Not much in football surprises me. Reading reports that Michael Owen is set to complete a move to Manchester United, however, did. For Michael Owen, this is a great move. At 29, this was his last chance to make an impact in any top flight. It also...

Michael Owen signs for Manchester United
offthepost.info 7/3/2009 — File under ‘things you never thought you’d see’ It still feels like a Photoshop somehow. Perhaps an entry into The Guardian’s Gallery on the theme of Michael Owen’s dreams. But no, it’s true: Sir Alex Ferguson has snapped up the ex-Newcastle man before he had ...

Manchester United make shock move for Michael Owen | Manchester United
timesonline.co.uk 7/3/2009 — Michael Owen will sign for Manchester United on a free transfer today provided that he passes a stringent medical at Old Trafford. The move would represent an astonishing turnaround in fortunes for the striker, who was relegated with Newcastle ...

Manchester United: Newcastle contributing part of Michael Owen’s wages
sportsprodailydeal.com 7/13/2009 — Michael Owen, who took a wage cut to move from Newcastle United to Manchester United, is reportedly having the difference in his pay packet made up by his old club until the end of July.

Nobody wants an Owen shirt
dirtytackle.net 7/8/2009 — Manchester United fans apparently still aren’t warming up to the shock addition of Michael Owen. While Real Madrid sold 2,000 Cristiano Ronaldo shirts in just two hours , United have yet to sell even one Owen shirt since they announced his signing last Friday. Said an employee at the ...

The Michael Owen Song
therepublikofmancunia.com 7/7/2009 — Probably my first of many attempts to express our feelings about signing Michael Owen through the mode of music… who became a Manchester United players after a conversation with Sir Alex Ferguson over breakfast. " The Michael Owen Song ...

Rush backs Owen to succeed at Utd — ESPNsoccernet 7/3/2009
Ian Rush is backing Michael Owen to prove his critics wrong with Manchester United.

Michael Owen Is Right For Manchester United — Bleacher Report - EPL 7/3/2009
In the biggest surprise of the transfer season, Michael Owen is set to join Manchester United on a free transfer. Having miraculously passed an initial medical on his knee, and arrived at the training ground at Carrington, it seems like this isn't ...

Michael Owen Has Ian Rush Backing Over Expected Manchester United Move (Goal.com) — Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News 7/3/2009
The diminutive forward has received backing from a fellow former Liverpool striker.

Owen joins Man United with 2-year deal (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News 7/3/2009
Michael Owen has joined English champion Manchester United, a striking reversal of fortune for an injury-plagued forward who has been dropped from the national team by manager Fabio Capello. The 29-year-old, who has 40 goals in 89 international ...

Manchester United signing Michael Owen (Reuters) — Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News 7/3/2009
Factbox on striker Michael Owen who left Newcastle United for Premier League champions Manchester United on Friday.