11 Players That Represented Both Man Utd And Newcastle

11. Michael Owen

Both sets of fans will want to forget this mercenary (not that I'm a bitter NUFC fan) ever represented their clubs. After ascending to the very top of the game while at Liverpool, the England man simply didn't settle after a £8 million move to Real Madrid in 2004. A year later and he was back in the Barclays Premier League as Newcastle forked out what is still a club record £16 million for his services. Seven goals in his first 11 games had Magpies fans purring with glee - but a broken metatarsal would start a torrid couple of years for the former Ballon d'Or winner. Injury, after injury, after injury restricted Owen to just 79 appearances and 30 goals during his four years at St James' Park. He isn't fondly remembered in the North East as on his return from injury, there was a distinct lack of effort on his part - which made his reported £110,000 per week wages all the more hard to take. Rather miraculously - after leading Newcastle to relegation in 2009 - Sir Alex Ferguson signed Michael on a free for Man Utd. AND, hand him the heralded number seven shirt. The forward would only manage 52 appearances and 17 goals in three seasons as he became the perennial bench warmer during the twilight of his playing days.