Owen's Retirement?

He plays less games and scores less goal - this season seems not belong to Michael Owen as he again suffers injury during the training.

ESPN Soccernet reported:

Michael Owen has revealed he would rather sit on Manchester United's bench than be a first-team regular at a lesser team in the Premier League.

. . .Given Owen's attitude towards playing at a lesser standard than United, there's even a chance he could think of retiring at the end of the season when his United deal runs out - if his wish of a new contract isn't granted.

"It's a question for the manager really, but if you ask my opinion I would love to stay. I never thought I would start every game when I joined the club and I have never complained about anything. Honestly, I've loved it here. I signed a two-year contract, I'm only 60% into that and hopefully we will talk [about extending it] before the end of the season."

One may say Owen's career is almost coming to the end. At the age 30, he is not like Giggs and Scholes who are still capable running on pitch creating the chances and scoring the goal. But Owen has that scorer's instinct. It just his body always creates touble for him preventing him from being the man on the field.

So, if Owen does really to retire, for sure he will end it with the greatest football club, Manchester United.