You can take it as red that Sir Alex Ferguson is now back off his holiday, working hard and probably slightly miffed. He has been tracking Benzema since he was a scratch in his daddy’s pants and would have been furious that the Lyons striker signed for Madrid yesterday.
The age of our squad is very good at the moment but, and it is a big but,  you only need to have a peek at Arsenal’s fortunes last season to realise that proven experience needs to be added. I think that United are likely to win the league again in 2011/12 when the team will be something like – Foster, Da Silva x 2, Hargreaves ,Vidic, Nani, Rio, Rooney, Macheda, Wellbeck, Berbatov – in the meantime, we could face a fallow period.
Ferguson wants to bring in some quality to oversee this transition and had his hopes built up high for Benzema. So was Michael Owen Plan B or just a reactionary flutter?
I think a little of both. Owen came up through the ranks in the Northwest so it is pretty safe to say Fergie has known about him since the get-go. At zero pounds and zero pence a proven international goalscorer does represent fairly good value for money.
But there is something about this that could be quite delicious. Owen has been completely written off, barge-pole sales are at an all time low as people will not even touch him with one of those. But he has talent, bags of it, and a big point to prove too.
United have signed players who were seemingly finished before and got the best out of them. This, should it come to pass, will not reshape the future of the club but it can only be a good thing to have Macheda and Wellbeck training with Owen and learning how he makes runs and gets into position.
Once again, Ferguson has surprised us. Can’t wait to see what he does next.
Benefits of owen:
Free
Pay as you play terms of contract
Goal Poacher
Partnership with Rooney as they have played on the international stage
Will be a player used to grind out those victories against hull and stoke
As said on this website, macheda and wellbeck will learn so much from him and his personality in the dressing room is way better than the likes of Ronaldo
Cons:
He cannot be our only attacking buy of the summer as we need a bit of backup incase someone goes injureed and owen isnt to be relied on with injury.
ps. is manucho joining us again from hull or not?
Little Mickey Owen?? Fergie’s marbles?
I dont know about you guys but ive always envied those wankers at merseyside when they had that Owen – Gerard partnership. If Owen can step up and fill the shoes left by Carlos and Ronnie (big shoes huh i know) at least cover half the goal tally he should be a fantastic buy.
By the way, I think one thing that people have forgotten, Owen loved liverpool, if he can fall in love with Man United he’d be one hell of a player. He has that old-school-i-only-wanna-play-for-one-club vibe going on. Maybe its just me but i think that counts for a lot!
by the way, did this catch anyone else of guard or have i just been too out of touch for going on holiday for too long?