{"id":435225,"date":"2011-06-03T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T07:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/03\/newcastle-united-chairman-derek-llambias-hits-back-at-manchester-united%e2%80%99s-michael-owen-after-twitter-comments\/"},"modified":"2011-06-03T07:35:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-03T07:35:00","slug":"newcastle-united-chairman-derek-llambias-hits-back-at-manchester-uniteds-michael-owen-after-twitter-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/03\/newcastle-united-chairman-derek-llambias-hits-back-at-manchester-uniteds-michael-owen-after-twitter-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle United chairman Derek Llambias hits back at Manchester United\u2019s Michael Owen after Twitter comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By David Lynch<\/h3>\n<h4>3 Jun 2011 08:35:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"66.6252274106\">\n<div readability=\"14.1428571429\">\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=\"26.425095057\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/99\/newcastle-united\">Newcastle United<\/a> chairman Derek Llambias has criticised the club&#8217;s former striker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1909\/michael-owen\">Michael Owen<\/a> after he labelled the Tynesiders a &#8220;poor team&#8221; on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after signing a one-year contract extension at Manchester United, the forward responded to claims that he is at the club to pick up his wages by saying: &#8220;Prefer playing less often in a top team than every game in a poor team. Been there and didn\u2019t enjoy it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle fans took exception to the comments given that the other clubs at which Owen has played for are European giants Liverpool and Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Llambias added to the claims that the former England man is only interested in the money by disclosing how much he was paid during his time at Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>He was quoted as saying by <em>the<\/em> <em>Express<\/em>: \u201cI\u2019m very disappointed. Under Kevin Keegan\u2019s management he was offered a one-year extension at \u00a3140,000 a week which he did not take. He was already on \u00a3133,000. His time here cost \u00a340-odd million, about \u00a31.3m per goal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A former chairman of the club, Freddie Shepherd, also waded into the argument, claiming the Chester-born striker should be more thankful for what Newcastle gave him.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cWe might have been a poor team but we made him a rich man. He spent more time ferrying between Cheshire and Tyneside in his \u00a33.5m helicopter.\u201d<br \/><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>Originally posted here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/03\/2515621\/newcastle-united-chairman-derek-llambias-hits-back-at-manchester-\" title=\"Newcastle United chairman Derek Llambias hits back at Manchester United\u2019s Michael Owen after Twitter comments\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newcastle United chairman Derek Llambias hits back at Manchester United\u2019s Michael Owen after Twitter comments<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By David Lynch 3 Jun 2011 08:35:00 Michael Owen, Manchester United (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Newcastle United chairman Derek Llambias has criticised the club&#8217;s former striker Michael Owen after he labelled the Tynesiders a &#8220;poor team&#8221; on Twitter. Speaking after signing a one-year contract extension at Manchester United, the forward responded to claims that he is at the club to pick up his wages by saying: &#8220;Prefer playing less often in a top team than every game in a poor team. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":416062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-435225","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>Newcastle United chairman Derek Llambias hits back at Manchester United\u2019s Michael Owen after Twitter comments - 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\/03\/newcastle-united-chairman-derek-llambias-hits-back-at-manchester-uniteds-michael-owen-after-twitter-comments\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Newcastle United chairman Derek Llambias hits back at Manchester United\u2019s Michael Owen after Twitter comments - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By David Lynch 3 Jun 2011 08:35:00 Michael Owen, Manchester United (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Newcastle United chairman Derek Llambias has criticised the club&#039;s former striker Michael Owen after he labelled the Tynesiders a &quot;poor team&quot; on Twitter. 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