Come home Michael, quick!

MICHAEL OWEN can't stay in Spain. It's injuring his football health. Never mind that he was a prolific goal-scoring substitute at Madrid last season, he's clearly dropped further down the striking pecking order at the Bernabeu after the signings of Baptista and Robinho.

He MUST leave.

But where should he go? To Newcastle where the Geordies would undoubtedly acclaim him as the natural successor to Shearer? Perhaps, but the lack of European presence and pedigree must be off-putting.