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Posted:
Fri Aug 13, 2004 2:53 pmby Redtribe
Owen has lost image rights and is on less wages at Madrid so £££££'s was not the reason for his move by the looks of things!
Posted:
Fri Aug 13, 2004 2:57 pmby ckay
WO WO WO newbie, chill out. GH had a five year plan, blew it and was replaced. The board gave him the money to spend.
If Owen wanted to stay he'd of signed. Obviously he didn't.
houiller can't be blamed for spending money that's given to him. I never liked the guy but you can't blame him for it. The responsability lies with the board!
Posted:
Fri Aug 13, 2004 3:20 pmby Santa
Houllier was gutless to drop Owen. He sees something in Baros (which is why he signed him) but against better judgement, played Heskey. He could've force Owen to sign a new contract a year ago but instead happy to just sit back hoping the pieces will fall in together. The board have obviously not learn from the equally costly Macca's lesson a few years back. What's going on??
Posted:
Fri Aug 13, 2004 5:03 pmby Voices from Yates
There is not blame.
Owen's agent made advances to REAL first, according to the WEB. Maybe during Euro 04.In other words weeks ago
before Benitez
before Cisse
before Josemi
before Murphy and all the rest.
What is annoying, is how little we received, because of the gamemanship of Owen's agent. I am avoiding the Xmas rush and am hating them right away 
Posted:
Fri Aug 13, 2004 5:11 pmby azriahmad
The decision to stall on the contract extension came from Owen's side, not from Liverpool.
Perhaps with hindsight, Liverpool's top management should have chased for his signature right away, but even if you chase and harry, if the other party does not want to sign what choice does one have?\
Make of it what you will, but to me it is quitr obvious that Owen or his agent wanted to move more than they wanted to sign the contract extension.