Owen featured little in his debut season on Tyneside and Roeder is putting on a brave face ahead of another season without the unlucky World Cup marksman.

• 格伦·伊德大胆陈述，即使欧文受伤使扭卡失去他，纽卡斯尔将在没有他们的明星射手的情况下解决一切困难。喜鹊去年夏天向皇马签下了26岁的射手，但是至今，由于球员的伤病，他们的投入只收到了极少的回报。