Re: Owen too expensive, says Benitez:BBC NEWS


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> Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez says they kept up their efforts to sign
> Michael Owen from Real Madrid until the last minute but his price was
> too high.
>
> When it became clear he could leave, Owen said Liverpool were his first
> choice but Benitez told the club website he could not justify the cost.
>
> "Madrid only ever talked about £16m. We couldn't spend that much money
> on a player we sold for £8m," he said.
>
> "We even made phone calls early on Tuesday. In the end it was
impossible."
>
> Newcastle ended up paying £17m for the 25-year-old England striker, and
> Benitez said once it became clear they were willing to pay Madrid's
> asking price, the club were eager for him to join the Magpies.
>
> Owen's arrival in photos
>
> "They put a lot of pressure on Michael to go to Newcastle because they
> wanted the money to sign Sergio Ramos. I hoped Michael would say no and
> then, maybe, we could do something," he said.
>
> "Whenever I was asked about Owen I had to respect the strikers we have
> at the club.
>
> "We never planned to sell Djibril Cisse but when Madrid kept on telling
> us they wanted £16m, it was a problem and we had to look at different
> possibilities.
>
> "We had clubs interested in Djibril, but we made it clear to them we
> wanted to keep the player."
i dont think owen was too expensive. it would just have shown the
stupidity in selling him for half the price theprevious year.
what would your mates think of you if you sold a car for a grand and
bought it back a year later for 2000.
couldnt be done


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