Blues Board Considered Owen Signing!

Last updated : 11 November 2004 By Brian Cartlidge

The Blues co-owner said, in his column for the Birmingham Evening Mail, that the board talked about the possibility of trying to sign Owen on loan from Real Madrid during the time that the England striker was struggling to find his form with his new Spanish club.

However, Fifa rules state that a player cannot move clubs more than once in any one season so that idea had been a no-go from the outset.