Many of our fans, me included, are quite baffled by the way we’ve moved in for Michael Owen. He’s an injury prone, ex-Liverpool player who is way past his best. It makes no sense when you look at it that simply.

If you analyze it further however, you can see there are plus sides to the deal.

Michael Owen - Our new fox in the box?

Michael Owen - Our new fox in the box?

Owen will reportedly sign a pay as you play deal, meaning that if indeed he does get injured again, he won’t be getting paid and we won’t be wasting our money on him to sit in the treatment room with Hargreaves.

It’s in his best interests to stay fit and keep playing. The World Cup is next year and United represent his best chance of getting into the England squad and having one last hoorah for the national team.

There’s no doubting the man’s talent. If we create chances in the right areas he’ll put the ball in the net, of that I have no doubt.

The clincher is the fact that I trust Sir Alex implicitly. If he thinks it’s a good deal then I’ll blindly follow and have faith until we can see the results. Good or bad.

No manager is immune from mistakes, but after 23 years of trophy laden seasons I think he’s earned the right to a bit of lee way in the transfer market.

This is one gamble that is relatively risk free.