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Owen boost for Keegan
Newcastle United, 15:19, August 22, 2008 ,
Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan will name Michael Owen on the bench against Bolton, while Mark Viduka is two weeks away.
Owen's summer preparations have been marred by illness and injury and he missed the big kick-off against Manchester United last weekend.
But after initially indicating Owen would miss out again, Keegan has now delivered a more positive update.
"Michael will be on the bench, he has trained for the last two days," said the Toon chief.
"He is fit and scoring goals in training and will be ready for Bolton. He doesn't take much getting fit for us as he is such a fit lad. He's taken a big step forward."
Viduka has been nursing an Achilles problem all summer but appears set to return after the forthcoming break for international fixtures.