Owen, speaking to the club's official website, said: "I haven't signed yet. We're still in talks and we've got further meetings planned. We've been speaking for a long time but not since the new manager took charge. No one, including myself, wants this to drag on into the season and hopefully it will all be concluded soon.
"These things don't just happen overnight. It seems like it's been ongoing for a long time but in reality we've only had about four or five meetings. The problem is, that it was all over the papers about six months before we even had our first meeting."