Toon Pay £38.4 Million For Owen!
By Nu Mad
Updated Monday, 2nd July 2007
It is getting CRAZY! Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres could end up costing Liverpool £58million, while Alan Shearer was not kidding when he said Michael Owen "owes Newcastle big time!"
The Sun claim the Spain international has asked for a six-year contract worth £31.2million to move to Anfield - and that comes on top of the £27million fee the Reds are expected to pay Atletico.
The Spanish side apparently want £24million up front for their star player and also want
Liverpool to fund a pay-off in the region of £3million which is due to Torres under the terms of his Atletico contract.
So ... working on those figures ... Michael Owen cost Newcastle £17m and has a four year contract worth £103,000 a week. Wages alone will cost the Magpies £21,424,000, add on the fee and that totals £38,424,000.
So far he has started 13 games in two years, making that (to date) £1,477,846 per game.
As Shearer said: "I cannot see him walking away. He owes Newcastle big time for standing by him during his injury".
