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When he was free and available , no one bid an eyelid or even bothered to make any attempt to try to sign him from relegated club Newcastle United , with every club already starting to write him off and deemed him to be surplus to the club's requirements and therefore all tried to stay away from the player as far as possible . All except one man - Sir Alex Ferguson ! Only he was brave enough and dared to take a gamble and signed Michael Owen for free .
Now after four Pre - Season Friendly Matches , Owen is proving to be a worthy purchase after scoring four goals for his new club and in the process , seemed to have managed to resurrect his career from the doldrums all Thanks to the wily Scotsman . While many others were oblivious to the potential that Owen still does possess , only Sir Alex managed to see some value and positives in the man who spent more of his time off the field , on the sidelines nursing his injuries than playing soccer on the pitch .
A Season that saw him plagued by injuries and eventually hampered his chances of playing for the England National Team , Owen is now determined to prove all his critics wrong by joining a club which he knows will surely allow him to perform to his best ability and regain his match fitness once again and to the true potential of the player he once was . His four goals in Man United Pre - Season Asia Tour so far is already testament of that .
Scoring two goals in the two matches against the Malaysia XI Side , and twice in the same match itself against Hangzhou Greentown in China , averaging almost a goal a game whenever he plays , must have certainly brought smiles on the faces of his new Manager Sir Alex Ferguson as well as his new teammates and fans . Though the New EPL Season has not yet started , but if Owen could keep up on his scoring form and keep on scoring like he is doing right now when the EPL Season begins and eventually starts to help Man United win some silverware in the coming New Season , then the person having the last laugh of it all must surely have been Sir Alex Ferguson ! For he knows that he had come up with a masterstroke of a genius and managed to pull off a major transfer coup without even having to pay a single cent for his services at all when everyone else hesitated !
Trust him to be smiling & grinning from ear to ear silently in his heart when that really happens ! With the departures of Cristiano Ronaldo ( to Real Madrid ) and Carlos Tevez ( to Man City ) , Michael Owen is surely a star player to look out for in the Man United ranks this Season in the EPL !
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