IMAGINE how Michael Owen will feel when he emerges from the players' tunnel at Anfield on Sunday and glances to his right towards the Kop. Until five years ago, he went up and down those same steps wearing the red of Liverpool, the darling of Anfield, a man with the world at his feet. But on Sunday, Owen returns wearing the black-and-white stripes of Newcastle, the Kop will afford him the same indifference his return has generated in recent seasons and, whether he likes it not, he will go there with his career in ruins.
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You heard it here first. Owen ends his career getting kicked in MLS.
I don't know -- I think he follows his mentor Robbie Fowler down under.
In his prime, he was one of the best in the world and one of the best I have ever seen. Incredibly quick, two great feet and a wonderful finisher - he used to frighten the life out of defences. It speaks volumes that Stevie G and the others were almost in awe of his talent. It's so hard to see him getting stick now. I suppose that he needs to keep playing cause of all the money he's invested in horses - that's a shame because a dignified withdrawal would have been so much more fitting.
I suppose the Kopites give him stick for the same reason as they did Keegan - cause he left Anfield. The irony is that he said he wanted to win things and the season after they won the Champions League, whilst Real Madrid were dire.
Sitting stunned after watching the Reds comeback in Istanbul, I turned to my son and said "I wonder what Michael Owen is thinking right now" knowing full well how gutted he must have been.
When he was interviewed at his peak he was always so chirpy - a laugh a minute. After the injuries, I saw another documentary where he could hardly raise a smile and felt sad for him.
I believe that if Michael had stayed fit and teamed up with Rooney, we would have won the World Cup by now. We always had a great defense and midfield.
His absence has created a void no-one else could fill. There are very few English-born strikers at the top level nowadays - Liverpool Academy have not produced one since that has even had a decent run in the first team. The academies are full of foreign kids and prospects are bleak until that changes.
Michael was a very special player - realise that and lay off. He will always be a hero in my family. I hope things improve for him and we get to see him smiling again.
He certainly was unique. I'll never forget that goal against Argentina. Spectacular.
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