Owen going nowhere and other red-hot gossip

(20-09-2010) Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is set to tell Aston Villa counterpart Gerard Houllier that Michael Owen is going nowhere in January. Houllier, who worked with Owen for six years at Liverpool, is desperate to be reunited with the striker and was hoping to bring him to Villa Park. Fergie, however, believes the former England goal ace has a big part to play at Old Trafford this season, despite starting very few matches. Elsewhere, Newcastle are set to ask the EPL for special permission to re-sign Manchester City goalkeeper Shay Given on loan; Chelsea are eyeing Bayern Munich's £9m-rated midfielder Toni Kroos, who has been dubbed 'the new Frank Lampard'; and Ajax Amsterdam have placed a £30m price tag on Uruguay international striker Luis Suarez, who was linked with Manchester United, Inter Milan and Barcelona during the summer.