{"id":433933,"date":"2011-06-01T09:03:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T09:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/01\/michael-owen-signs-one-year-contract-extension-at-manchester-united\/"},"modified":"2011-06-01T09:03:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-01T09:03:00","slug":"michael-owen-signs-one-year-contract-extension-at-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/01\/michael-owen-signs-one-year-contract-extension-at-manchester-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Owen signs one-year contract extension at Manchester United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Liam Twomey<\/h3>\n<h4>1 Jun 2011 10:03:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"69.6957687723\">\n<div readability=\"15.2580645161\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Michael Owen, Manchester United (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/129500\/129540_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Michael Owen, Manchester United (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"31.3181484203\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1909\/michael-owen\">Michael Owen<\/a> has agreed a one-year extension to his contract with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/manchester-united\">Manchester United<\/a>, the club has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Speculation had been rife that Owen would leave Old Trafford this summer after a two-year spell in which a lack of form and fitness severely restricted his first team appearances, but the 31-year-old has repeatedly stated his desire to remain with the Premier League champions.<\/p>\n<p>United have today granted Owen his wish, and the former Liverpool frontman has revealed he is ecstatic to have earned a new deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m delighted to have agreed a one-year extension to my contract,&#8221; he told the club&#8217;s official website.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To play alongside so many great players, under an exceptional manager, and in front of so many incredibly passionate supporters, is a real inspiration. I can\u2019t wait for next season to start.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>United manager Sir Alex Ferguson voiced his delight at agreeing the deal which will keep Owen at the club for another season, and has promised the striker will be given more of a chance to shine next term.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Michael has proved to be a top footballer,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It\u2019s unfortunate Michael didn\u2019t get more opportunities but the form of Chicharito put everyone in the shade and his partnership with Rooney proved invaluable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am delighted Michael is staying for a further year and we will look to give him more opportunities in the new season.\u201d<em><br \/><\/em><span><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><em>Our<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93900\/93900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"11\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0provides the best breaking news online and our\u00a0<\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93800\/93899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"49\" height=\"10\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0football fan community is unmatched worldwide. Never miss a thing again!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Continued here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/01\/2512904\/michael-owen-signs-one-year-contract-extension-at-manchester\" title=\"Michael Owen signs one-year contract extension at Manchester United\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Owen signs one-year contract extension at Manchester United<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Liam Twomey 1 Jun 2011 10:03:00 Michael Owen, Manchester United (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Michael Owen has agreed a one-year extension to his contract with Manchester United , the club has confirmed. Speculation had been rife that Owen would leave Old Trafford this summer after a two-year spell in which a lack of form and fitness severely restricted his first team appearances, but the 31-year-old has repeatedly stated his desire to remain with the Premier League champions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":415368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-433933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Michael Owen signs one-year contract extension at Manchester United - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/01\/michael-owen-signs-one-year-contract-extension-at-manchester-united\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Michael Owen signs one-year contract extension at Manchester United - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Liam Twomey 1 Jun 2011 10:03:00 Michael Owen, Manchester United (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Michael Owen has agreed a one-year extension to his contract with Manchester United , the club has confirmed. 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