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Real cool on Owen

REUTERS, Madrid
Reports linking Michael Owen with Real Madrid were greeted sceptically in the Spanish capital on Tuesday -- a fact that will be of little comfort to Liverpool fans anxious about the England forward's possible departure.
British newspapers claimed overnight that Real were willing to pay 10 million pounds ($18.41 million) in cash for Owen while sending Fernando Morientes or Real Mallorca's Samuel Eto'o -- a player they part own -- to Anfield in a package deal.
A Real spokeswoman said on Tuesday the club had nothing to say about the story, while Spanish media were uncharacteristically reluctant to take up the tale.
Marca, one of two Spanish sports dailies with close links to Real, did note the rumours but said Real directors had flatly denied to them any interest in signing Owen, a former European Player of the Year.
It would be unwise to take any denial from Real at face value, however, given the track record of Florentino Perez over recent seasons.
The Real president flatly denied any interest in signing David Beckham -- "Never, never, never," was his famous refrain -- a few months before agreeing to pay Manchester United up to 35 million euros for the England captain.
Perez was similarly coy about confirming the club's previous big
name signings, Luis Figo, Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane, before they were poached from their clubs.
The Real president has promised to continue with his policy of signing one 'galactico' per season.
Argentine centre back Walter Samuel, signed from Roma for 25 million euros ($30.68 million), and Arsenal's France midfielder Patrick Vieira, the club's current target, do not quite fit the bill and newspapers are convinced Perez will move for another top class forward.
Owen would certainly fit that description and a transfer fee of about 15 million euros would make him a bargain.
Real coach Jose Antonio Camacho would hardly be delighted by his arrival, though. Camacho has gone on record as saying he does not want any more forwards, pleading instead for defensive players to balance the team.
Camacho already has two undroppable strikers in Ronaldo and Raul so, even if Morientes were used as a makeweight in the deal, Owen would not be assured of a regular place in the starting lineup.