STOKE City chairman Peter Coates has today paid tribute to Michael Owen following the former England striker's decision to retire at the age of 33.
Coates admits that Owen's move to Stoke hasn't been a roaring success, but defends the gamble to sign him as a free agent last September.
"It was the sort of thing where if he had got five or six goals after being used periodically, then that would have been worth it."
And he stressed that Stoke had not broken the bank to sign the former Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle and Manchester United striker.
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