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Owen grateful Manchester United rescued him from retirement thoughts

Michael Owen is grateful to Manchester United for handing him a new deal this season.

Owen said midway through last season that if United did not keep him on, he would probably retire rather than drop down the leagues.

He said: "Thank God I never had to think about that."

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