Owen going to Man Utd? You heard it here first.

For those who read my entry on predicted transfers to Man Utd this season, I hate to say it but I have been spot on with what Sir Alex has been thinking all along. I just knew it. ;)

I knew from the onstart that Sir Alex Ferguson will be in the market looking for a striker had Tevez not sign on, and that he didn't need to pay a giant sum for an unproven fella from the Primera Liga. He only needed to look at a English player by the name of Michael Owen.

To me, Owen is the man with something to prove; to his critics, to Fabio Capello, to the world, and of course to the current Liverpool manger Rafa Benitez.

First off, he wants to get into the England World Cup squad in 2010. That is big enough motivation to perform day in day out in the BPL. Secondly, he desperately wants to prove that he can still do a job of scoring goals. Rafa Benitez didn't consider him good enough, even though Liverpool will have been Owen's first choice and club captain Steven Gerrard wanted him in.

Too bad, Rafa, prepare your Merseyside title ambitions for a Michael Owen who is hurt like a wounded tiger. And when that translates to a proven goalscorer, you know he wants more than anything else to prove his critics wrong.

Benzema will have been Sir Alex's choice to lead the line but a free transfer Michael Owen with a 50,000 pounds per week player salary is peanuts of a risk for a club like Man Utd. What you get in return is the gurantee of goals. The question is how many goals you can squeeze out of Owen's dodgy knees. If anyone can motivate a player to greatness again, Sir Alex is the man.

To me, this is THE season winning trump card played by Sir Alex. I have said it all along. Owen will give him the flexibility to blood youngsters like Welbeck and Macheda, while also gain the big game experience and level headedness of a proven international to count on during the entire season. Also, he inspires the mercurial Wayne Rooney to be a better player. He did that when they played together at the last World Cup in Germany. What loss is it to Man Utd? None.

This is classic Sir Alex. He did the same with Henrik Larsson while blooding Rooney and Ronaldo. Owen wants to win a Permiership title before he retires and you can bet he will put his life down for the cause.

If all goes well with his medical examination, we will see Owen in the famous red of not his childhood club but that of Manchester United. We welcome him with open arms.