The figures show that he´s the most profitable forward of the League. But he takes the situation quite naturally: “It´s my job. I came to score goals”. Owen says to be happy in Real Madrid: “I didn´t expect to come and play, I knew I would have to fight for it”. The English player rejected the idea of the team focusing only on the Rome game: “In the League we cannot let any more point escape”. And about his future he was conclusive: “I must win the respect on the pitch, without complains”. He´s a complete gentleman.

-What can you tell us about the last dinner with your player fellows?
-There wasn´t a particular reason for the dinner. I guess that happens occasionally and since we didn´t have a game we could have a drink. Those who have just joined the team had to say something in front of the others, so it was Samuel´s, Woodgate´s and my turn to talk.

-What did you say?
-The problem was that they told us about it the same day of the dinner. I had no idea, as I told Woodgate, and he didn´t know about it neither. What happens is that he speaks Spanish fluently, he just stood up and improvised. I had to write everything down. I had many things to say, but since I had to read, it wasn´t very fluent and I admit that I was a bit nervous. I thanked everybody for the welcome and I confess I said some sweardwords in Spanish (smiles).

-Do you know you are the more efficient forward of the Spanish League?
-I don´t know if I´m the most efficient, though I read an article in the English press that said that I´m so regarding the scored goals per minutes played. It´s my job. I came to score goals, but the statistics can twist . The truth is that I´m very happy with my performance in Real Madrid.

-Curiously, Beckham´s recovery has meant your back to the bench, what do you have to comment?
-This question should be asked to the coach . When I´m asked to play, I go out to the pitch and I do it very happy, willing to score. Logically, when I don´t play I feel a bit disappointed but the reasons of it should be given by the coach.

-You have been given all the opportunities you deserved to prove you can be a regular first-team player, haven´t you?
-It´s difficult to know. I´m playing well and I´m scoring goals but the decision of playing or not is the coach´s. It´d be very unfair, being the new one, to say who must play. It´s not correct to come and complain. It´s not a way of getting your fellow players´ respect. I have to talk on the pitch so that the coach counts on me. I don´t want to cause problems to anybody nor Club, I only want to play well.

-Do you feel at ease, with another state of mind since the last Press conference you offered?
-I can´t ask for more from the personal point of view. When you join a club, things are hard. I already said that it would be difficult to come in the team because they are the best forwards of the world. I knew I would have to work a lot. I didn´t expect to arrive and play, I knew I would have to fight. But I was always confident and I know that if I had the opportunity I would take advantage of it. In the football part, I´m happy because I have scored goals and things are going well.

-Do you think you will be regular first-team player in Villarreal?
-I don´t know. I don´t know who is going to play, because the team is fine. Zidane seems to be recovered, there are sanctioned players … I´m ready to play if I have to do it. It´s an important game for us because we are seven points away from Barcelona and we must win to reduce the gap.

-Can this game serve to claim a place in the team looking about the Roma?
-I see the game against Villarreal as an opportunity to play well and score, but that´s the way I see all the games. It depends on the coach. I will try, if I play, to give the best of me, though I admit that it would be great and nice to play in Rome. If I do it well, I will have more options to be in the Olympic.

-Can it be possible that the team is more focused in the Rome´s game and they are forgetting a bit about the date of El Madrigal? Have you ever played behind closed doors?
-I think I have never placed on an empty stadium, but I´m not sure who will benefit from that situation because when you play out you always want to silence the rivals. I don´t know what will be best. If we would be 10 points ahead, then it could say that we would play with the mind on the Rome, but since we are seven points behind, we cannot say that. The game of Rome it´s going to be a bit more important, because there´s not margin of error, we cannot let more points escape.

- Do you know what is to score in the Olympic with Liverpool.
-I have played two consecutive seasons against them and I have scored two goals there. I remember I had played several games without seeing the net, I was having a bad patch and these goals were a turning point. I won the Golden Ball and I remember that game fondly.

-The other day we saw a picture where we could see a lump in one of your legs, what have the doctors told you?
-The problem is that in Spain the training shorts are shorter than those in England and that´s why nobody had seen it; I think I got it during a game against Leicester City, when I receive a tackle. That caused a hole in the muscle. When I´m sitting it´s not perceptible and it only comes out when I stand up. I reckon it´s a problem of liquid, but the doctors told me not to worry about it.

-Who do you think deserves the Golden Ball?
-I think the winner will be between Henry and Ronaldinho.

-How is your Spanish going?
-I had a lesson today morning but I didn´t wake up and I was half an hour late. The teacher called me, and though I excused myself, I got a lot of homework to do (smiles).