Owen explains Toon deal delay

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Owen, who scored twice in Saturday's 2-2 Barclays Premier League draw with Stoke, would be free to hold talks with other clubs next month with his four-year deal ending in the summer. He conceded that the departure of former manager Kevin Keegan, the attempted sale of the club and the appointment of an interim manager in Joe Kinnear have stalled contract talks.

"I had talks with the club about five or six months ago. We were negotiating but then all the hysteria happened," Owen told BBC Sport.

"It is something that has been spoken about for a long, long time now.

"Kevin Keegan left and a lot of the people on the board as well left and some of those people were the ones we were negotiating with.

"Since then there has been so much happening that we haven't resumed. The club obviously haven't got back to us yet."