Manchester United crock Michael Owen expects to be fit for the start of preseason.

The 29-year-old expects to be fully fit in time for the start of Manchester United's pre-season tour of North America, which they embark on 24 hours after the World Cup final, on July 12.

"Everything went well with the operation and the aim is to be doing everything with the lads on the first day of pre-season training," he said. "It was a shame to get the injury at Wembley. I thought it was a minor thing at first but it was obviously worse than that.

"But overall I was delighted with my first season at United. I was fit for 43 of the first 44 games."