Owen remains a highly marketable player in the Far East and Shanghai will be willing to offer a meg-money contract to tempt him to link up with his former Liverpool teammate Nicolas Anelka.
Former France and Chelsea striker Anelka moved to Shanghai in January after being deemed surplus to requirements by Andre Villas-Boas while the Portuguese was in charge at Stamford Bridge earlier this season.
Anelka has recently stepped into a role of player-coach following the sacking of Jean Tigana as Shanghai boss at the end of April, and is charged along with the rest of the coaching team with turning around the club’s season.
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