Staying at the top button Owen

Posted on | Thursday, July 14, 2011 | No Comments

Michael Owen told me to stay at a big club came before playing every week when he decided to stay at Manchester United.

Owen was expected he would leave Old Trafford this summer after two seasons of his original contract expires.

After all, the former England striker has made just 17 games last season and most of his time involved in being placed on the bench.

With a thigh injury in large cast, it was difficult to see Sir Alex Ferguson to enter Owen had a future.

However, the first indication of the States provides an extension occurred when the 31-year-old was handed a place on the bench before Dimitar Berbatov in the Champions League final defeat to Barcelona in May.

Although Owen was not called in a team of Ferguson fell to a dismal 3-1 defeat was the prelude to the negotiations that led to a major decision of the attacker.

"You want the best of both worlds as a footballer," he told www.manutd.com.

"Want to play in the best clubs - this is - and you want to be training with the best players and the best managers - really do not.

"You want to play the best of the stadiums and in major games, and of course it is close to where I live.

"There are many positive results. The only negative is the amount of light that I played last season.

"The option is there to go to a club less and play more often, but I'd rather play a great team with all the things that come with it."

In his first season after talks with Ferguson, however, Owen has said that will play an important role in the quest for silver.

He admits that was the case during his first season, only to paralyze the curse to strike the middle of a Carling Cup final victory over Aston Villa at Wembley.

"The first season was the great moments, great - scoring in the Cup final and the goal against Manchester City hat-trick in Wolfsburg," said Owen.

"Last year was not as good, but the manager spoke to me and said he feels good about his plans this season.

"He expects me to play more."