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Striker's SJP exit explained
Newcastle United, 12:11, June 21, 2009 ,
Michael Owen would still be a Newcastle player if Kevin Keegan had remained as manager or they had stayed in the Premier League.
The discarded England striker is looking for a new club after falling out of contract at St James' Park and his availability has been advertised among Premier League suitors by his management company.
And, quoted in the Sunday Sun, the brochure circulated to clubs claims Owen was happy under both Keegan and Alan Shearer, who ended the season in charge of the Magpies.
The brochure reveals: "Michael has never been unsettled at Newcastle and never said he wanted to leave.
"Indeed his period under Kevin Keegan in 2008 was one of his happiest and most productive spells in football and he was within days of signing a contract which would have kept him at St James's Park for the rest of his career when Keegan left the club abruptly."
The brochure adds: "His belief in the potential management capabilities of his long-time friend Alan Shearer meant that he would probably have taken up the offer on the table to extend his contract at St James's Park had the club stayed in the top flight."