（6月22日, 2006 ）

　　歐文由於膝傷離開本屆世界盃後，説自己會在2007年才會返回足壇。對於紐卡斯爾隊的主席和經理，他感到很內疚。

　　歐文在接受採訪時，這樣説道：“當我想起紐卡斯爾聯隊的人們時，我感到很內疚和遺憾。主席為了我，投入了很多資金。而總經理也對我參加世界盃比賽，給與了極大的支持。還有那些一直關注我，觀看過我11場比賽的球迷們。”

　　紐卡斯爾主席表示，足協對於歐文受傷的賠償金太低了。

　　鏈結：http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=372085&cc=5739

　　原文：Updated: June 22, 2006

　　Toon chief complains about Owen compo cash

　　Michael Owen feels he has let Newcastle down after suffering a knee injury which will keep him out of action until 2007.

　　The 26-year-old ruptured his anterior crucial ligament just over a minute into England's final World Cup group game against Sweden, and when he realised the severity of the injury his first reaction was one of guilt.

　　'I can control my emotions and I can honestly say that when I was flat on my back with ice-packs around my knee, it wasn't self-pity I was feeling but guilt,' he said.

　　'I was sending text messages apologising to all sorts of people for letting them down.

　　'I feel really guilty when I think of the people at Newcastle United. I think of the chairman Freddy Shepherd, who has invested all that money (Owen cost ￡17million from Real Madrid) and Glenn Roeder, the manager, who has kept in touch through the tournament and been very supportive. And those great fans who have only seen me for 11 matches.'

　　Shepherd has already described the compensation being paid by the Football Association to cover the loss of Owen is 'far too low'.

　　For Owen's part, he hopes to return to Germany on July 9 to collect a World Cup winner's medal.

　　He wrote in his Times column: 'As I left the team hotel in Germany yesterday to fly home, I told Sven-Goran Eriksson that I would be back out for the World Cup final.

　　'My tournament might be over, but I still want that medal around my neck.

　　'It is strange to think that my farewell yesterday was the last I might see of Sven, a manager who has picked me whenever I have been available and for whom I have scored a lot of goals.

　　'But I haven't given up hope of seeing him again on July 9.'

　　作者-岳東興-北京第二外國語學院-英語系

責編：佟杉杉