Newcastle striker Michael Owen will undergo an operation to pin his broken foot in Manchester on Tuesday.

Manager Graeme Souness confirmed that his £17million signing will undergo surgery to repair the metatarsal he fractured at Tottenham on Saturday.

"He will have his operation tomorrow and he will be out for three months," said Souness after Monday's 2-2 derby draw with Middlesbrough at St James' Park.

Owen suffered the injury in an accidental collision with Spurs keeper and England team-mate Paul Robinson in Newcastle's 2-0 defeat at White Hart Lane.

But Owen is confident he will join be in Sven-Goran Eriksson's England squad for this summer's World Cup in Germany, and aims to return for Newcastle before then.

"I have been given the name of a good surgeon and I am going to have a pin inserted," Owen told The Times.

"It is not essential, and some players have done without it, but I have been advised that it should give me the best chance of a strong and quick recovery.

"I don't need any miracles to be playing again this season and, fingers crossed, I will see at least a month of the Barclays Premiership season as well as the World Cup."

England team-mates David Beckham, Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney, Gary Neville and Ashley Cole have all had similar injuries and Owen said: "The experiences of so many of my colleagues provides some reassurance that I should back in two to three months.

"Some players with broken metatarsals have been back on the pitch in eight weeks so that is the most optimistic scenario.

"Thirteen weeks seems to be the worst case to judge from the information I have had from the likes of Gerrard."