Football Spy: Owen's on Villa hit-list.

ASTON VILLA are drawing up ambitious plans to get Michael Owen

For other people named Michael Owen, see Michael Owen (disambiguation).

Michael James Owen^[2] (born December 14, 1979, in Chester, Cheshire)^[3] is an English football player currently with Newcastle United. on a free transfer in the summer.

The Newcastle striker, 29, is out of contract in July and Villa want Owen (above) to link up with new signing Emile Heskey Emile William Ivanhoe Heskey^[6] (born January 11 1978 in Leicester, England)^[1] is an English footballer. Known for his pace and strength,^[7] he is a striker currently playing for Premier League side Wigan Athletic. , who used to partner him for club and country.

Vil la boss Martin O'Neill hopes securing Champions League football with a top four finish will attract Owen and finance his pounds 110,000-a-week wages.

O'Neill also has a potential hotline to the forward via Villa club doctor Roddy MacDonald, who worked with Owen at Newcastle.

One person not leaving St James' Park though is Steve Harper. The keeper Keeper may mean:

A curator as, for example, at the British Museum.
A menstrual cup.
In some sports, a player who protects a goal, see Goalkeeper.
A warder or guardian.
A gamekeeper.
A lighthouse keeper
A zookeeper at a zoo.

ended speculation about his future by signing a three-year contract extension.

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Title Annotation:	Sport
Publication:	The Mirror (London, England)
Date:	Jan 28, 2009
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