Owen bullish over fitness

[Scottish Mag 3]

Michael Owen is champing at the bit to return to action and is in no doubt that he will be at full tilt by the time the World Cup finals kick-off.

 

The fleet-footed forward has been sidelined since breaking a bone in his foot during Newcastle's clash with Tottenham on New Year's Eve.

 

Newcastle have refused to take any risks with Owen and the patient approach is set to be rewarded, with the striker poised to face Birmingham on Saturday.

 

Owen is unlikely to be firing on all cylinders at St Andrews, but he feels it will take little time to find his true form.

 

"It has been a long four-and-a-half months since I have played, so I am very keen to get back into the thick of the action," Owen said on Sky Sports News.

 

"I have trained for quite a while and been in that gym for too many months and it is nice to have been out with the players on the pitch, training and doing a lot of work with the physios.

 

"Now I am looking forward to getting on the proper pitch.

 

"I want to play well for Newcastle, that is the priority at the minute, and the World Cup is a long way away at the moment, probably six weeks away, so I have no doubts I will be fit.

 

"We are not 30 years ago, we keep ourselves fit even when we are injured and in terms of fitness I have plenty of time to sharpen up and I will be disappointed if it will take six weeks to get my sharpness. I feel it will take about six days."

 

Owen appeared unfazed over the talk surrounding Sven Goran Eriksson's successor.

 

"There has been plenty of people talked about in terms of the England job in the last few weeks and to be honest, as players, we will be concentrating on the World Cup.

 

"My main priority is Newcastle. We have two games to go and I need to play well for Newcastle. There have been plenty of fans who wanted to see me more often and I wanted to play more often.

 

"For the players, you don't often get a chance to play in more than one World Cup so the priority is that and what happens after the World Cup can be left until then.

 

"The people you are talking about have great credentials and I am sure The FA will make the right decision.

 

"The players are paid to play and not make the decision about the manager.

 

"As far as I am aware there has been no decision made and we will jut wait on that, as we will as well about the Newcastle job."

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Michael Owen is champing at the bit to return to action and is in no doubt that he will be at full tilt by the time the World Cup finals kick-off.

 

The fleet-footed forward has been sidelined since breaking a bone in his foot during Newcastle's clash with Tottenham on New Year's Eve.

 

Newcastle have refused to take any risks with Owen and the patient approach is set to be rewarded, with the striker poised to face Birmingham on Saturday.

 

Owen is unlikely to be firing on all cylinders at St Andrews, but he feels it will take little time to find his true form.

 

"It has been a long four-and-a-half months since I have played, so I am very keen to get back into the thick of the action," Owen said on Sky Sports News.

 

"I have trained for quite a while and been in that gym for too many months and it is nice to have been out with the players on the pitch, training and doing a lot of work with the physios.

 

"Now I am looking forward to getting on the proper pitch.

 

"I want to play well for Newcastle, that is the priority at the minute, and the World Cup is a long way away at the moment, probably six weeks away, so I have no doubts I will be fit.

 

"We are not 30 years ago, we keep ourselves fit even when we are injured and in terms of fitness I have plenty of time to sharpen up and I will be disappointed if it will take six weeks to get my sharpness. I feel it will take about six days."

 

Owen appeared unfazed over the talk surrounding Sven Goran Eriksson's successor.

 

"There has been plenty of people talked about in terms of the England job in the last few weeks and to be honest, as players, we will be concentrating on the World Cup.

 

"My main priority is Newcastle. We have two games to go and I need to play well for Newcastle. There have been plenty of fans who wanted to see me more often and I wanted to play more often.

 

"For the players, you don't often get a chance to play in more than one World Cup so the priority is that and what happens after the World Cup can be left until then.

 

"The people you are talking about have great credentials and I am sure The FA will make the right decision.

 

"The players are paid to play and not make the decision about the manager.

 

"As far as I am aware there has been no decision made and we will jut wait on that, as we will as well about the Newcastle job."

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