Thursday, October 04, 2007
Owen comeback
Michael Owen has made an amazing return to training – just three days after surgery on his stomach injury.
The England striker came through a secret session with Newcastle team-mate Damien Duff which will increase hope that he will be fit for England’s vital Euro 2008 clash with Estonia in 10 days’ time.
Owen had two operations in a German clinic, on Friday and Saturday, to clear a muscle complaint that Newcastle feared had turned into a double hernia.
But he had recovered enough to link up with specialist fitness coach John Green and fellow crock Duff for a private workout at Mottram Hall, near Manchester.
Wearing a blue training kit, Owen embarked on a series of shuttle runs and fitness work which suggests he is well ahead of schedule in his bid to return to full fitness.
At one stage he was sprinting half the length of a pitch – clearly at a far more advanced stage of rehabilitation than the light jogging which Newcastle had earmarked for him at this stage.
The England striker came through a secret session with Newcastle team-mate Damien Duff which will increase hope that he will be fit for England’s vital Euro 2008 clash with Estonia in 10 days’ time.
Owen had two operations in a German clinic, on Friday and Saturday, to clear a muscle complaint that Newcastle feared had turned into a double hernia.
But he had recovered enough to link up with specialist fitness coach John Green and fellow crock Duff for a private workout at Mottram Hall, near Manchester.
Wearing a blue training kit, Owen embarked on a series of shuttle runs and fitness work which suggests he is well ahead of schedule in his bid to return to full fitness.
At one stage he was sprinting half the length of a pitch – clearly at a far more advanced stage of rehabilitation than the light jogging which Newcastle had earmarked for him at this stage.
