Owen reveals guilt at letting Newcastle down

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2006

LONDON (AFP) — England striker Michael Owen has revealed the guilt he feels at letting Newcastle down following his knee injury which will keep him out of action for at least five months.

The 26-year-old ruptured his anterior crucial ligament just over a minute into England's final World Cup group game against Sweden.

But Owen insisted that he did not feel self pity at his plight, but a sense of guilt.

"I can control my emotions and I can honestly say that when I was flat on my back with ice-packs around my knee, it wasn't self-pity I was feeling but guilt," he said.

"I was sending text messages apologising to all sorts of people for letting them down.

"I feel really guilty when I think of the people at Newcastle United. I think of the...