Owen said: "I know Emile's game very well and we have played together a lot of times for Liverpool and England and he is strong and a top quality striker.
"We also have Milan Baros who did very well last season and he will be raring to go again.
"There's good competition as El-Hadji Diouf and Harry Kewell can also play up front and don't forget a young lad Neil Mellor. He scores a lot of goals and did very