• FORMER Liverpool FC striker Michael Owen said he had “always clung to that hope” that he would one day play for Manchester United. SORRY… PARDON?!?
  • “I probably won’t sleep at night thinking about all the top players I’m going to be playing alongside, so there’s a lot to think about and a lot to get excited about.”
  • Owen will also benefit from the full backing of Ferguson, having known for some time his new manager was an admirer of his talents.
  • “In the last few years I had an idea that the manager obviously thought I had something, so I always clung to that hope that he would ask me to come and play for him one day,” he added.
  • “I’m not silly, I know there will be some people saying maybe the manager shouldn’t have signed me.
  • “That gradually goes in time and as soon as the first game kicks off, I can do my talking on the pitch.” D’YA RECKON!?