Which club will Michael Owen join during the transfer window??
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<table class="infobox vcard vevent" style="width: 22em; text-align: left; font-size: 88%; line-height: 1.2em;" cellspacing="5"><tbody><tr class=""><th colspan="3" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(176, 196, 222); line-height: 1.5em;">Personal information</th> </tr> <tr class=""> <th style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;">Full name</th> <td colspan="2" class="nickname" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Michael James Owen</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;">Date of birth</th> <td colspan="2" class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">14 December 1979 (1979-12-14) (age 29)</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;">Place of birth</th> <td colspan="2" class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Chester, England</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;">Height</th> <td colspan="2" class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;">Playing position</th> <td colspan="2" class="role" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Striker</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(176, 196, 222); line-height: 1.5em;">Club information</th> </tr> <tr class=""> <th style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;">Current club</th> <td colspan="2" class="org" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Newcastle United</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;">Number</th> <td colspan="2" class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">10</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(176, 196, 222); line-height: 1.5em;">Youth career</th> </tr> <tr class=""> <th style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;">1991–1996</th> <td colspan="2" class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">Liverpool</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(176, 196, 222); line-height: 1.5em;">Senior career</th> </tr> <tr class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <th style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;">
Years</th> <td class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">
Club</td> <td class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">
App (Gls)</td> </tr> <tr class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <th style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;">
1996–2004</th> <td class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">
Liverpool</td> <td class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">
216 (118)</td> </tr> <tr class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <th style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;">
2004–2005</th> <td class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">
Real Madrid</td> <td class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">
035 0(16)</td> </tr> <tr class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <th style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;">
2005–2009</th> <td class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">
Newcastle United</td> <td class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">
071 0(26)</td> </tr> <tr class=""> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(176, 196, 222); line-height: 1.5em;">
National team</th> </tr> <tr class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <th style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;">
1997</th> <td class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">
England U20</td> <td class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">
004 00(3)</td> </tr> <tr class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <th style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;">
1997</th> <td class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">
England U21</td> <td class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">
001 00(1)</td> </tr> <tr class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <th style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;">
2006–2007</th> <td class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">
England B</td> <td class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">
002 00(0)</td> </tr> <tr class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <th style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left;">
1998–2008</th> <td class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">
England</td> <td class="" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;">
089 0(40)</td></tr></tbody></table>
Michael James Owen (born 14 December 1979) is an English football forward who is currently playing for Newcastle United. He has said he will probably leave the club on a free transfer when his contract expires on 30 June 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"></sup> He is currently the fourth-highest scorer for the England national team with 40 goals. The son of former footballer Terry Owen, he progressed through the Liverpool youth team and scored on his debut in May 1997. In his first full season in the Premier League he finished as joint top scorer. He repeated the feat the following year and was Liverpool's top goal scorer from 1997–2004, in spite of a recurring hamstring injury. His first major club honours came in 2001 when Liverpool won a cup treble of the UEFA Cup, FA Cup and Football League Cup, and Owen was the recipient of the Ballon d'Or that year.
Owen moved to Real Madrid for £8 million in mid-2004 but was frequently used as a substitute. In spite of this, he scored 13 goals in La Liga and had the season's highest ratio of goals scored to number of minutes played. He returned to England the following season, joining Newcastle United for £16 million. He had a promising start to the 2005–06 season but injuries largely ruled him out over the next 18 months. After his return he became team captain and was the team's top scorer for the 2007–08 season.
Internationally, Owen first played for the senior England team in 1998, becoming England's youngest player and youngest goalscorer at the time. His performance at the 1998 World Cup brought him to national and international prominence and he went on to appear, and score, in Euro 2000, the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004. He is the only player to ever have scored in four major tournaments for England. He played at the 2006 World Cup but suffered an injury which took him a year to recover from. Occasionally playing as captain, he is England's seventh most-capped player and has scored a national record of 26 competitive goals.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"></sup>
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