Owen facing fitness fight for derby day match
HAVING spent an anxious day awaiting the results of Michael Owen's hospital scan yesterday, Joe Kinnear's thoughts today will be occupied by news of the club's future - and his own.
Monday was supposed to be the day when Newcastle United fans would see the "real Magpies" but captain Owen will be missing from the side which takes on Manchester City and faces a race to be fit in time for the Wear-Tyne derby.
A miserable few days for 28-year-old Owen, who could only watch on television as Emile Heskey and Wayne Rooney cemented their position as England's first-choice strike partnership, were compounded when he tweaked his groin in training. The ex-Real Madrid forward was yesterday told he can expect to miss "seven to 10 days". Newcastle's Premier League trip to Sunderland is in eight days.
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