Man Utd. Rooney, Berbatov, Tevez, Ronaldo, Campbell (on loan but will return).

Liverpool. Torres, Keane, Babel, Kuyt, N?Gog (rated highly by Rafa)

Arsenal. Adebyor, Van Persie, Bendtner, Vela, Walcott, Eduardo.

Chelsea. Anelka, Drogba, Kalou.

Apart from Chelsea, no team in the Sky 4 would want or need him. His Dad played for us back in the 70s and he supported the club as a boy. What I am trying to say is, with a minimal transfer fee in Jan (I think £2.5M max is what it would take to get him) & £65k a week, we could get a truly top class finisher and striker.

With our current lack of strikers, Yak is out for the season and now Dr Steadman has dislocated his own shoulder, Vaughan's op will not take place until Feb ? thus ruling him out for the season also. Owen is almost guaranteed a starting bearth in the team.

I know Cahill scored at the weekend but I fear this is not an answer for the remainder of the season. With no Carling Cup opportunities now this year what chance will Jutkiewicz get? A wasted season on the bench. Could not even get 15-20 mins when Cahill looked knackered. Admit if Cahill had been subbed who would have scored to get us the 3 points but no striker on the pitch for 90 mins and 1 on the bench who has never played for us...

I would much prefer Martins, Carew (if fit) or a fast young forward who has the appetite for work that EFC teams need. I'm afraid moving to EFC would be a case of another fading star getting a wage that may well upset other players... we generally pay lots of money for strikers who fail and Owen would just be another panic move I reckon.

As someone else has already said, Owen needs someone to provide him with opportunities and at the moment we do not have that player. He would just be another waste of money I reckon. He looked over the hill during his last seasons at Liverpool.

I know the cup exit this year was too early but the FA Cup has not started yet. If the board room turmoil was preventing Owen, as has been reported from the press, signing his extension, this will not change any time soon. With 6 months of his contract left Newcastle should worry about £17M in transfer fees and £120k a week in wages for 4 years being lost.

Apart from Aston Villa, we must be considered the only other team Owen would move to. Man City have more strikers than all other teams now let alone the inevitable transfer of Santa Cruz. Bojinov the forgotten man has also started full training as well.

To Iain Love. Afraid not mate. Lived in St Albans all me life!!

ps: Will people stop posting about Obinna. He is an attacker who plays on either wing. NOT a striker which we need.

Sure, we need a striker at the moment, but hopefully that crisis will be over in 6 months. For the long term, I'd love to see two pacy wingers sign. This will change our style of play dramatically. We should then play an attractive attacking football with wingers creating and scoring. We do have two proven Premier League goalscorers at the club, and two very promising young strikers, we just don't create enough chances, more through huff and puff than anything.

Firstly, a young English right winger, Michael Kightly from Wolves. I was hoping that we'd sign him in the summer just gone, and unfortunately we may have missed the boat on him due to the season Wolves are having. They are likely to get promoted and Kightly will probably want to try the Premier League with Wolves first (before they get relegated and we could get him the season after). However, he has been very impressive this year and deserved his chance for the England U21s which again he impressed. He can cross, score and take free-kicks. If we can't get him a cheaper alternative could be Stephen Hunt from Reading.

Secondly, and more likely now is Aiden McGeady from Celtic. A young Scottish left-winger who has impressed for them and in the Champions League. Again another tricky out-and-out winger who can create, cross and score and take free-kicks! He is now much more likely to sign after being suspended by Strachan (and backed by the Board) for two weeks and looks like he could be on his way out of Celtic. This is even more surprising due to the fact he is one of Celtic's better players who will inevitably leave the Scottish league anyway.

Now here comes the serious (and unfortunate) part: the finances! I think that we could get both for about £10m. Ok, this is more likely to happen in the summer than January with an estimated £10m available in the summer. However, there have been rumours that Baines could be on his way out for about £4m-£5m. If we could raise the rest against summer transfer activity or other player sales (!) then surely it's a good idea.

As said before, it'll greatly improve our style of play, whether a 4-4-2 or probably even better in a 4-5-1 and create chances for proven goalscorers. The immediate striker crisis can be dealt with a couple of loan signings (Nugent, McBride? and Baxter deserves a chance). These signings will also free up great competition for the two or three central midfield berths with Arteta, Cahill, Fellaini, Pienaar and Osman fighting for the positions.

Anyway, as said before, that's what I would like to happen, any ideas please?