Former Newcastle United striker Michael Owen has retracted comments he made on Twitter in which he accused the club of lying to fans about whether or not he was offered a new contract.
Owen joined Newcastle United in a £16million deal from Real Madrid in August 2005 but joined Manchester United as a free agent after his deal expired following relegation to the Championship in 2009.
Former England international Owen, who announced on Monday he will hang up his boots at the end of the season, had hit out at fans who bore a grudge following his exit.
He claimed he was at no point offered a new contract and for the club to have done so would have been "financial suicide".
He said on Sunday: "Just to clarify. My tweet yesterday referred to no contract offer after Newcastle relegation. Which I said was understandable.
The previous day, Owen had written: "Newcastle fans, plenty of you tweeting me saying you don't blame me for getting injured but for leaving when we got relegated.
"Despite the club saying they did, they didn't ever offer me a new contract despite them putting it in the press that they did.
"I've seen it a million times, a club will blatantly lie to their fans to take the moral high ground leaving the player with no leg to stand on.
Now with Stoke after three seasons at Old Trafford, produced a healthy return of 26 Premier League goals from his 71 appearances at Newcastle United.
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