£20mil

[staceyb]

Now the Magpies are my team, and I will love them til I die, but this is just wrong. Newcastle have reportedly asked the FA for £20mil as compensation to cover Micheal Owens injury wages, and his replacements wages.

[fidgits]

staceyb said:

Now the Magpies are my team, and I will love them til I die, but this is just wrong. Newcastle have reportedly asked the FA for £20mil as compensation to cover Micheal Owens injury wages, and his replacements wages.

I was a huge fan of Newcastle most of my life... until they sacked Bobby, the man that took them from mediocre status to the top of the table, and one bad season they show him the door.

I lost all respect after that and havent watched a game since...

[Marki]

staceyb said:

Newcastle have reportedly asked the FA for £20mil as compensation to cover Micheal Owens injury wages, and his replacements wages.

Well they are a business after all , and Owen playing for England must be costing them a packet right now

[staceyb]

Yeah it will be, but they will or should have insurance for situations like this, the FA shouldn't come into it.

[staceyb]

anonymous said:

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They almost certainly will. We used to write a number of these policies for premiership players (with the benefit going to the club).

Is M.O.'s injury a recurring problem though? If so the insurers will almost certainly have excluded any losses arising directly or indirectly from any reoccurrence.

Nope it was a one off, he twisted and his knee went pop, could have happened at any point in time but just happened to be when he was playing for England.

[staceyb]

No he hasn't you can see him doing his knee here www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHgu5e9K3Ww he has had foot and hanstring injuries but not knee.

[staceyb]

The injuries were down to the training ground being too hard and it was jarring their muscles apparently. They trained at St. James and at the academy for a while at the end of last season.

Personally i would sue the groundsmen

[BoRED S2upid]

How on earth do they get a figure of £20mill? Ok hes out for a season, its going to cost them. But wages will be what £2mill, bringing in another striker on a 12 month loan deal thats going to be another £2mill in wages to be negotiated with the loaning club. My GCSE Math recons the sum is closer to 5mill than 20!

[plcrtr]

I'm a long-time Newcastle fan and I'm starting to lose faith in them. I hate to admit that but the way in which we're declining is near sickening. I can only hope that Freddie Shep leaves and Roeder with his imaginitive post-match excuses just steps down and lets somebody more capable do the job.

We had to buy a £10million replacement in the (sometimes) promising Obafemi Martins. Which is a cost added to the insurance claim I believe I read somewhere. Also, loss of prize-money from hopeful progress in competitions had we a fit Owen up front will add to the sum too.

BTW, Pierluigi Casiraghi was the Chelsea player who had to retire prematurely.

[oxford drinker]

plcrtr said:

loss of prize-money from hopeful progress in competitions

That won't cost them much, then