Boycott: Owen should try feng shui
Reuters - Monday 04 January 2010, 23:58
LONDON - Former England cricketer Geoff
Boycott has urged Manchester United striker Michael Owen to try the ancient Chinese art
of feng shui in a bid to get his World Cup ambitions back on
track, the Daily Express newspaper reported on Tuesday.
The 30-year-old Red Devils' forward has scored 40
goals in 89 appearances for England but has not played for his
country since March 2008 due to injury and because he has been
out of favour with international coach Fabio Capello.
Owen has also failed to win a regular first-team place
since moving to Old Trafford in July. United fan Boycott says
feng shui was a big help to him when he was diagnosed with
throat cancer in 2002 and has told the soccer player to try it
out.
"I wrote to Michael Owen a while back to say, 'look at this
and see what you think'," Boycott was quoted as saying in the
Express.
"I have seen him play and he needs that little spark
which maybe this can give him.
"He hasn't replied to my letter yet but if he does I will
put him in touch with some experts in feng shui and see where
that takes him. During treatment for cancer I got into feng
shui.
"I slept in different rooms, facing different ways. They
believe that as you sleep you heal. People who don't know
anything about it say it is rubbish but it worked for me - I'm
alive," said former opening batsman Boycott.
The World Cup in South Africa starts in June.