Owen has earmarked a retreat in Marbella for the park
So if he is down in the mouth about missing out on England duty in Croatia last night, striker Owen can console himself with the retreat he has earmarked in the secluded Marbella foothills for his palatial dream home.
Perhaps he needs something to give him a lift. He is no longer walking in a Keegan wonderland, as the fans’ song at Newcastle goes, but his plans for recreation in Spain are impressive.
Owen, who could pocket £21m in a fresh Newcastle contract if he decides to stay at the crisis-hit club, received the plans direct from a Walt Disney Corporation insider.
High stone walls totally surround the huge estate of 16,000 square metres, originally earmarked for EuroDisney before Paris was chosen.
Mature Egyptian palm trees grace the grounds, which can be entered only through electronically controlled gates
specially made of high-quality Arabic ironwork, lavishly adorned in gold leaf. A sentry will stand guard in a box outside the property night and day.
Named Villa Loma Five, it is a mere five minutes from southern Spain’s biggest international horse-riding stables and livery, the Escuela de Arte Ecuestre.
It seems an obvious major attraction for Owen, a huge racing fan, racehorse owner, and also owner of a new state-of-the-art training complex.
Property expert Paul Grimshaw believes the estate’s main villa resembles a set from the film Lawrence of Arabia, and revealed that it contains several hand-carved Portuguese marble pillars to support a three-story Arabic palace that comprises a cinema, gymnasium, sauna, massage suite, spa baths and physio rooms.
Three vast luxury guest villas await Owen’s football friends where they can relax in unique tranquil surroundings.
Though a Madrid-based bank is seeking £12.5m for the repossessed property, Grimshaw is hoping to slash the price by half, or even more.
Only last year Owen, 28, opened his multi-million-pound horse-racing establishment near Malpas in Cheshire. Owen said: “You hear stories about retired footballers turning to drink or getting depressed. Well, I don’t want end up being a miserable so-and-so.”
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