Roeder: Owen will be back this season
13/04/2006 - 15:02:57Newcastle caretaker manager Glenn Roeder said today he is “confident” England striker Michael Owen will play for the Magpies again this season.
The 26-year-old today put a pair of boots on for the first time since suffering a fractured metatarsal when colliding with England team-mate Paul Robinson in a Premiership clash with Tottenham on New Year’s Eve.
Roeder maintains Owen will be fit before the end of the season, raising hopes he will line up for England in this summer’s World Cup.
Roeder told a press conference televised on Sky Sports News: “It’s onwards and upwards again for Michael and I’m confident he will play for Newcastle before the end of the season.”
