"Newcastle are in the Champions League this year.

They're a wealthy team; whether they can spend that money is a different question, but I don't blame Liverpool for being interested in him.

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"I don't blame any top team for being interested in him, because he's one of the world's best in his position.

So from any club's point of view, I don't blame them at all."

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"If a team that’s not winning the Premier League or Champions League, in this instance it’s Newcastle, are being challenged by a great team that's at the top of the tree, i.e.

Liverpool, Champions League winners in recent years, Premier League winners as well, and competes at the very top and looks like they are going to continue to, then it's obviously a head-turner."

While the player himself might have to force the move (and in staying at home rather than joining Newcastle on tour in Asia, that has perhaps already begun), Owen can understand his feelings.
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