Owen 'thinks about title' constantly

Michael Owen has his own personal reasons for wanting Manchester United to win the Premier League crown for a record fourth successive season.

Owen (l): Desperate to win the title
Owen (l): Desperate to win the title

The 29-year-old striker is determined to get his hands on a title-winners' medal for the first time in his career.

"It is something I think about a lot," he said.

Owen is going some way to getting his wish and made his 17th appearance of the season in the victory against Everton.

That vital win kept United five points adrift of Chelsea, who had thrashed Wolves earlier in the day.

The closest Owen has come to getting the medal he craves came in 2002 when he was with Liverpool, who finished runners-up to Arsenal.

A surprise acquisition in the summer after his contract at Newcastle expired, Owen told the club's website he now hopes he can fulfil that ambition during his time at Old Trafford.

He said: "When I was first asked to sign for Manchester United I went to bed thinking about what it would feel like to join a new club and meet new staff and new players.

"Playing under Sir Alex Ferguson was also a big attraction and I thought about how good it would feel to run out every week at Old Trafford and play in front of so many people.

"But the big thing for me was the chance to win honours. Manchester United are such a great club and I would love to be part of a league-winning team."

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Your Comments

yangguo (Manchester United fan)

"SG is another great player who will never win a PL title at Loserpool. Yeah, people at Antfield will sing his name & appreciate his loyalty, so what? When he is retired & most fans already forgotten about him, he will look back knowing that he had never win any PL title in his life. It's a shame really."

united4ever1 (Manchester United fan)

"I have been thanking, what its will be when we finally have David Silver playing in the Red Devils Shirt. Believe me today a whole lot of people celebrate David Villa, but I really want to say that there is only David Villa because there is David Silver... This two know them selfs and to crown it all Silver is no selfish player, he is focus and I know he is the kind of player Manchester United is in search of. I strongly believe that Sir Alex can reach an agreement for the pair... Villa and Silver. With Silver in MANU Rooney will certainly be topping the scoring chart and MANU will be invisible and pace setters... I LOVE MANU. Sir, please go for the pair they worth all the Millions... I LOVE U

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KingOfEurope (Manchester United fan)

"Am having my money on owen to score next game"

morgan kazan (Manchester United fan)

"loci (Newcastle United fan)

It was choice for shearer then, to a winner or a loser. He chose the later cos he was navie and emotional just some others who will potentially retire like him without any title to their names..... torres? gerrard? Henry realised it a couple of season ago, thus he jumps ship and won himself titles and euro glory!

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Adamy (Manchester United fan)

"i gotta say his comments are a little off putting but aslong as it means the team achieves success who cares? thats what every club wants right? you can sit and moan that man utd fans and players are glory seekers or whatever....fact is...the difference between us and the rest of the football world is that we dont accept failure. we want to be the best and the best we are!"

siralexsoldier (Manchester United fan)

"tcraig.... and all haters..

man city, last minute, was that not pure class eh? or u blind? hahahaha silly people. fergie more often than not gets it right.... owen wil put his shift in.... no doubt... he jus needs the service, u cn not knock a guy who doesnt hav the service, rooney n berba hav nt been prolific either and they have started as first choice. this lad is pure class, whether u admit it or not is another matter.

city fans.... u aint gna get top 4.... get over it. the money aint gna buy u tradition n u aint gna get the WORLD CLASS elite players in a hurry, u cnt buy tradition that we hav ere at united, n u know it

every1 writin off united, b scared... we have seen it many a season whereby we hav come out stronger in the latter half of the season, why are people stil blind it amazes me... the boss wil hav an idea in january whether he needs 2 dip into the market, he is obviously gna deny he aint gna b in the market, coz as soon as ppl know we r, they put prices up 5-10M, easy. now get over it ppl. united HAVING PLAYED QUITE AVERAGE r still 2nd.. and already thru 2 the 2nd round of ucl... nt bad eh... we cn only gt better..."

kotyes (Manchester City fan)

"well, dream on mr owen, cos that isn't going to happen. chelsea, or perhaps some of the unfecied teams'll grab the title this season. cheers kotyes"

tcraig37 (Chelsea fan)

"unbiased

"ManU fans are completely deluded where Owen's concerned." Totally expected a bizarre statement but everything that followed sums Owen up to a tee - "Yes, he still makes terrific runs, his positional sense is 2nd to none but, that doesn't make the slightest bit of difference when you're finishing skills are that of Jason Lee on a bad day" Great post..."

KingOfEurope (Manchester United fan)

"Loci babe. What's wrong in wanting to win year in year out.

You're still referring to Alan Shearer. He followed his heart. His choice.

The thing is while he was trying to win you things. Man U was playing their best football ever and won loads. :)

Sad thing though is that you've sacked the Toon Legend after he coached you on your way to the Championship. :p"

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