{"id":434743,"date":"2011-06-02T13:33:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T13:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/02\/manchester-united-striker-michael-owen-takes-to-twitter-to-address-contract-criticism\/"},"modified":"2011-06-02T13:33:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T13:33:00","slug":"manchester-united-striker-michael-owen-takes-to-twitter-to-address-contract-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/02\/manchester-united-striker-michael-owen-takes-to-twitter-to-address-contract-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United striker Michael Owen takes to Twitter to address contract criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Luke Reddy<\/h3>\n<h4>2 Jun 2011 14:33:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"62.1223300971\">\n<div readability=\"13.6338028169\">\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=\"24.3963363863\">Fresh from signing his one year contract extension at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1909\/michael-owen\">Michael Owen<\/a> has hit back at those criticising his willingness to be used as a bit-part player.<\/p>\n<p>Owen extended his deal with the Premier League champions on Wednesday and took to his Twitter account today to answer his critics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust to answer some of your tweets. Prefer playing less often in a top team than every game in a poor team. Been there a didn&#8217;t enjoy it,&#8221; Owen posted on <em>Twitter<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Owen made just 11 appearances for Sir Alex Ferguson\u2019s men during last season, with his longest stint on the pitch being 45 minutes at Sunderland last October.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, despite his amount of game-time, the 31-year-old has his reasons for wanting to stay and feels he has faith from his manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTraining every day at a high standard keeps you performing at a high level. I&#8217;m sure I have a lot to offer and so does the Boss. Buzzing!!!\u201d tweeted Owen.<\/p>\n<p>Owen revealed he knew he was in line for a new deal in his response to to a tweet from Ryder Cup winner Graeme McDowell which congratulated him on the new contract.<\/p>\n<p>Owen said: \u201cThanks mate. I&#8217;ve known for a while but I&#8217;m still on cloud 9! Can&#8217;t wait for the new season already!!!\u201d<br \/><em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Go here to read the rest:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/02\/2514597\/manchester-united-striker-michael-owen-takes-to-twitter-to\" title=\"Manchester United striker Michael Owen takes to Twitter to address contract criticism\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United striker Michael Owen takes to Twitter to address contract criticism<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Luke Reddy 2 Jun 2011 14:33:00 Michael Owen, Manchester United (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Fresh from signing his one year contract extension at Manchester United , Michael Owen has hit back at those criticising his willingness to be used as a bit-part player. Owen extended his deal with the Premier League champions on Wednesday and took to his Twitter account today to answer his critics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-434743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manchester United striker Michael Owen takes to Twitter to address contract criticism - 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\/02\/manchester-united-striker-michael-owen-takes-to-twitter-to-address-contract-criticism\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Manchester United striker Michael Owen takes to Twitter to address contract criticism - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Luke Reddy 2 Jun 2011 14:33:00 Michael Owen, Manchester United (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Fresh from signing his one year contract extension at Manchester United , Michael Owen has hit back at those criticising his willingness to be used as a bit-part player. 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