Michael Owen details how close he came to a Liverpool return

Former England striker chats to Joe Molloy about how close he came to re-joining Liverpool and coming to terms with the flak he received upon signing for Manchester United

[@thejudge-kv2jk]

Going to Real I could accept. Ending up at United was and is unforgivable. Years at school arguing with gloating United fans but we had Owen! 10 years later he's there and the txts start flowing in...

[@regiment589]

thejudge 1897 Why you want to impose workplace? No one really cares about this ridiculous "rivalry" between the clubs except psychofans. Its playing for country make you great, not for some peoples with teenager, tribalism mentality.

[@samueljulius2312]

@regiment589 Clearly you have no idea about the passion that us genuine fans have for our clubs. I don't care how good it looks for your career... Owen's move was disgraceful

[@regiment589]

@@samueljulius2312 I grow up, live my own life, have real problems. Burning shirts, yelling calumny, imposing someone workplace even if you have no clue about him (e.g. Gerrard case)...thats disgraceful. Apparently you still dont understand that football is work for the players. Im big fan of alpine skiing and hate is disgusting. Unfortunately clubs SA-mans (the so called fans) think passion=hate.

[@junaldinho100]

thejudge 1897 You need to let it go. I didn’t get mad when Paul Ince signed for Liverpool and he’s a United legend!

[@regiment589]

@Mark Mckeown No-life zealots care.

[@tyler8566]

Steven Gerrard. Enough said.

[@BeitBridg]

Different cloth how many Gerrards are there ?

[@Makainternational]

Guys calm down Liverpool didn’t want him back!!What was he suppose to do? Owen was great and thrilling to watch. He played for England with pride. wonderful footballer he was but with many injuries unfortunately.

[@drnoecontext4328]

Makainternational I understand but a lfc player must never join man utd in any circumstances

[@JC-ko1bp]

@@drnoecontext4328 so liverpool refuse to sign you back when youre basically begging..... but still want you to show loyalty not signing for any club they have a rivalry with? like an ex girlfriend not wanting you back, but telling you who youre not allowed to get with

[@Tridentus]

@@JC-ko1bp Nobody's saying that he made the wrong decision. People (even the most die-hard anti-United Liverpool fans) are just on the normal stance that if you play for United, you lose your backing for Liverpool. There are choices in life that are like that- you can't have your cake and eat it too. And yes, ex-partners would frequently hate on you if you get with someone they hate- they never said "who you're not allowed to get with" like you say, it's just life, it's not a ride of easy choices by nature of it.

[@saintnick520]

@@drnoecontext4328That’s a little weird to say. They are not a city rival like Everton. They just happen to be the 2 most successful clubs in the country. Also, it wasn’t a direct transfer, he went 2 other clubs in between. It’s not like Liverpool have never signed any ex Man U players.

[@chillself]

We paid £19m for Robbie Keane in that window. almost 3 weeks after Owen signed for United.

[@andycleverley810]

Fair enough I’m not bitter he joined Man U and I’m a die hard Liverpool fan , he did what was best for his career

[@Danscu]

Exactly, he finally won the Premier League

[@midnightmover2329]

He could have stayed with Real and thrown it back in their court,they wanted him out,he wanted to go to Liverpool.I think he should have stood his ground. What decent player would want to play for Newcastle? I wouldn’t go there for any money,the City is a dump, the Beer and Food is disgusting,the Fans are all Morons.I would go to Everton before I’d go there and that’s saying something.

[@careyprice3141]

Andy T Newcastle were amazing then

[@icicestrosehill3504]

What career? You won everything plus bsllon dor. You wanted a challenge you couda gone elsewhere common .I dont respect this man he cannot be put in the same sentence as stevie G.

[@BECKZMC]

@@midnightmover2329 Alan Shearer, Andy Cole, Patrick Kluivert...

[@CochinchineRaconteur]

Sounds ludicrous, but Owen's career was a case of 'what might have been' despite all the things he did achieve

[@Dan-dd8cf]

The thing that ruined his career was injuries.. not clubs he moved to.

[@mcalax5901]

He was European footballer of the year and won pretty much everything. He peaked young. It happens.

[@zakiraja6416]

If only they fixed his hamstring

[@leejones3061]

@@Dan-dd8cf Liverpool ruined the lad ran him into the ground they where over reliant on Owen he signed for united as no one else wanted him his agent sent sent a brochure to clubs trying to get them interest in him

[@GLHVAlways]

@@mcalax5901 He was World Player of the year, he has Ballon d or

[@wezclarke7919]

Obviously it was a sickener to see him wear a Utd shirt, but Owen has always been driven by personal achievement rather than a team ethic. Every other club after us got Michael Owen the name, we had Michael Owen the player...and what a player he was in them 7 years!

[@joshjadey6825]

True he never performed for another club like he did for lfc

[@michellea9857]

Josh Jadey do many players do as well for their new club(s) as they did at LFC? Not many I would think, some players don’t appreciate the love they get from the fans until it is gone. The grass is not always greener elsewhere.

[@JC-ko1bp]

he didnt do bad at real. obviously they were full of legends so he didnt play full games... but 16 goals in all comps... a lot from the bench if i remember. he'd only got 19 the year before at liverpool. after real he was ruined by injuries

[@Harbaksh1234]

Spot on assessment!

[@ih8mcfly]

Although I dislike Gary Neville, Giggs, Scholes; I respect that they hate Liverpool. They would never leave Man Utd to join LFC no matter the circumstance.

[@junaldinho100]

ih8mcfly Well, technically he didn’t leave Liverpool, he left Newcastle to join United! 😂

[@ih8mcfly]

Priince Brvce yes technically , but he left on a cheap and then later joined the enemy.

[@mkprocter882]

well said

[@GhostofCTC]

He joined Utd after he was absolutely destroyed by injuries. He was nowhere near the same player that he was at Liverpool. His career was finished really and he was trying to salvage something of himself for a year or 2. How did that possibly hurt Liverpool?

[@ih8mcfly]

Cut the Crap Ignorance is bliss. If you don’t understand why it feels like betrayal then let’s just leave it at that.

[@neilmclaughlin4230]

What utter BS from Owen, he had one year left on his contract and wouldnt sign a new one.

[@MCEnterTV]

Hows that have anything to do with his comments

[@abdiessa8383]

MC Entertainment TV He was the one who wanted to leave Liverpool and then wanted to come back like nothing happened

[@MCEnterTV]

@@abdiessa8383 so did gerrard 🧐

[@abdiessa8383]

MC Entertainment TV Except Gerrard didn’t actually go through with it did he. He decided to stay

[@MCEnterTV]

@@abdiessa8383 so what you're saying Gerrard took more money to stay, while Owen rejected more money because he wanted to play from Real Madrid? So Owens reason was football related while Gerrards was money related. OK. I get you now. Thank you for clearing that up.

[@NomadiqGentz]

That title is the final boss on a grammar based video game.

[@navinmenon6931]

Made absolutely no sense.

[@pearcegreatesteverleftback03]

Wow. Newcastle fans must be over the moon to hear this??!! "I tried to get back to Liverpool at every opportunity!"

[@JC-ko1bp]

least hes honest

[@synthesizerpatel7405]

@@JC-ko1bp nothing about him is honest. He just says what he thinks makes him sound good. All that matters to Michael Owen is money. There’s a reason why he’s not liked by any set of fans of a club he’s played for.

[@c0mmentator]

​@@synthesizerpatel7405i don't think Man United fans hate him, i just think they sort of not care about him. When ManU fans talk about ManU legends they will always talk about Cantona, Scholes, CR7, Van Nistelroy, Roy Keane, Beckham, Giggs but never Owen. They only remembered him for that one goal against ManCity and sometimes they use his name as a banter to us Liverpool fans which is a sad state really even though he won trophies with them😂

[@synthesizerpatel7405]

@@c0mmentator true. So that’s the best rapport with any set of fans of his former clubs - Man U fans use him to taunt Liverpool fans, but don’t particularly *like* him.

[@shashwatjain2595]

Man ,Owen has outright spoken about the reality which we fans so often ignore

[@kaziam4318]

So you had to slate liverpool when u left

[@nino6977]

He left Newcastle in 2009...Suarez didn’t join until 2011 so he’s clearly lying here.

[@de4dman]

Rodgers did try to get him back..and Suarez was our top striker at that time. As for 2009 he always wanted to come back, it was bitter Rafa that didn't want to sign him and stick with thrash N'Gog instead. I get that u are blinded by some stupid hate, but don't accuse anyone of lying without getting your facts right.

[@seangreen4502]

Must have confused him with Voronin lol

[@mattc7191]

Yeah but his point was...after they initially wanted him, they then got Torres followed by Suarez, so he wasn't needed

[@soldadox3457]

I think he means Torres

[@Rexkramer68]

dont think benitez liked him from his last few months at the reds.Heard a few stories.

[@kevseggo4204]

I was heartbroken seein u in a united shirt lad!!

[@marcuscrook9707]

The reason Liverpool fans hate Owen is because he ran down his contract, forcing the LFC to sell him for a fraction of what he was worth at the time. After LFC had gave him the chances and exposure at a young age, to develop at the highest level, becoming one of the deadliest strikes in Europe. Then you shat on the club/fans twice from a great hight when you signed for United 🤯🤬

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

Oh boohoo.

[@Dan-dd8cf]

Gave him the chances? He was one of the best footballers in England at 17... liverpool should be grateful they had him for a few years.

[@ysouk]

Liverpool overplayed him at a young age

[@RedRaptor7]

Hang on a minute he said Liverpool didn’t need a goalscorer but he signed for Man United in 2009. Liverpool could have used a backup goalscorer as Torres was always injured from that season onward. Why’s he mentioning Suarez? Liverpool didn’t sign Suarez until Torres had left in 2011. Michaels completely off here. For the record I would have taken him over Ngog for that 09/10 season when Torres was out injured. Liverpool needed a backup striker. He would have be a great backup.

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

Ignore the idiots Michael, you will always have the respect of the United faithful despite playing for Liverpool. You made the right choices you just got very unlucky with injuries. As a man you are to be congratulated for not being a primadonna especially as you spent most of the time on the bench @ United but were still always professional and ready to do the job when called upon. I'm also delighted that you won The Title with United. All the best in your retirement!!!

[@rakzdasher9862]

He made the right choices in life.He can look back and say,he was a galactic and Ballon d’or winner,played for Liverpool and United.Won titles and retired rich.Owen is the category of Henry,Ronaldo,Del Piero etc.

[@robboroberts3725]

He really isn't the same level as Henry or Ronaldo

[@stevenbrown6593]

No way!

[@MrMilo2000]

Earning £100,000 a week at Newcastle and playing up front with Alan Shearer must have been hell. Poor lad.

[@paulmcnamara4774]

I never hatred Owen he was a great player for us he been very honest here Liverpool didn't want him in the end so he free to where he likes even i did hate that he joined Man utd it did hurt.

[@jordanwalsh8171]

The reason footballers can't play for rival teams is because it's tribal, although I was glad we signed Owen he was a top class player

[@rigsby1454]

How could he have turned down United? Liverpool didn't want him. He was on his way to Hull and United came in. Come on? Nobody's turning that down. Its a job

[@JC-ko1bp]

stop talking sense please

[@tpbriano]

Outdone yourselves with the titling on this video lads

[@mikesutton381]

He made the decisions he wanted hten has spent years trying to act like he had no choice! Hes dead to all true Liverpool fans and didnt even realise he was only signed to get one over liverpool, not because he was wanted.

[@kevinnandkishore9111]

Liverpool Fan here.... Biggest Judas since sol Campbell........

[@carlwilliams9624]

I never forget when I heard the news Owen was going to united .....I was full sure it was a wind up ..... I still to this day think it was one of the craziest signings

[@HumphreyBogun]

It was a betrayal of the badge and the color Michael. I bet you wanted to do a 'McManaman', and the one medal you sought after then, eluded you. What a shame? Ian Rush did it but he wasn't a European player of the year at Liverpool at the time, but you were just one season ago at Liverpool. Having attained that height with Liverpool, your reason is very akin to a man's devious insatiable urge to try another woman whilst having a more desirable wife at home. You didn't see that with Scholes, Giggs at Man U? Or closer home, STEVEN G? That's called loyalty, Michael!

[@regiment589]

Its only football, its work, nothing more. Are you teen?

[@pandaview2673]

@@regiment589 lol. Troll.

[@regiment589]

@@pandaview2673 Its true. The only one who thinks otherwise are psychofans with SA-man mentality.

[@brandonwilson2732]

Did you not listen to a word he said?

[@godsdisciple4893]

Michael you made your bed, now lay in it, you're a manc now, you're literally not worth a carrot now to Liverpudlians. Wish you never played for Liverpool you're like Rooney a traitor to your own. Michael I hope Tottenham beat your team (the world's biggest cheats) and I hope they finish 7th. You literally died the day you signed for Liverpool's enemy, no not the Government/Media/Police/FA, but the team that was made by Liverpool's enemies..... Mancheater united the world's biggest fakes. YNWA

[@fixit3108]

Liverpool couldnt budge. You mean WOULDNT budge

[@arkankruger1956]

It's a shame really because he was my favourite player when I started watching football and supporting liverpool in 99/00, then he left and it became gerrard. But never the less, once a manc never a red

[@emrahshaini1662]

After all this time I understand him. Liverpool had the goalscorer Torres and 'David Ngog'!!

[@davidgriffiths8711]

It's another example of someone moving because they were probably advised to. I actually used to watch Michael Owen soccer school with my grandad as a kid!! Can't help but feel if he would have stayed his whole career and reputation would be intact and legend status would have been born, Liverpool fans are heartfelt and understanding towards our stars being plagued by injuries..but the boost of anfield would have gave him the second wind he always deserved. Newcastle made the correct decision for the time, and it was unfortunate.

[@rockyro777]

“I’m not bitter I’m not bothered.” Yet here you are STILL talking about it. Bore off.

[@JC-ko1bp]

i understand how his move to United would upset 12 year old fans. id be gutted as a 12 year old liverpool fan and id have torn up all my pictures of him.... even my Panini stickers of him. but for grown men to be outraged is hilarious. the bloke wanted to come back to Liverpool and they didnt want him.... so whats he to do. turn down the opportunity to move to a massive club and play with great players at the best level.... just to be faithful to a team that didnt want him anymore. he was shot to bits anyway, it hardly did damage to liverpool or did united many favours, he scored a few memorable goals for them but wasnt a regular.

[@simonmaguire6530]

United hero! one more premier league medal then Stevie G

[@runidjurhuus3937]

🤣

[@Cashback13]

What amazing really is at the time he left Liverpool where the best strikers in Europe were going for £15-25M as a typical rate that Real Got him for just £8M? Ok you could argue it was really more than that cause they chucked in Nunez but he was just a youth player who'd mostly played for the Real B team! Bet they couldn't believe it when Newcastle offered double that a year later!

[@neiltaylor8198]

Owen not you again , I'm bored 😴

[@davidjohn6323]

He is very much loved at Goodison and if he wants to come to Anfield he better sit on the away fans seats

[@thesecond4113]

Liverpool did not offer him a contract to return to Anfield. So what can he do lads? That man had to do what he had to do to survive. But yeah, it bloody hurts seeing Owen in a MU shirt. I was devastated that day. In the end, if it was me, I would rather join Everton rather than MU, just for the sake defending my pride and glory in the future with LFC. Now for me at least, I still see him as a traitor to The Kops no matter what he say. The Kops will forgive, but we will never forget.

[@jamesoneill6183]

Saying he "couldn't go back to liverpool because suarez is here"... yeah mate suarez signed for Liverpool 2 years after you went to United

[@P1mpMyBr1de]

Liverpool won the Champions League the season after he left. They were better off without him

[@caspianmanpredator163]

They won 5 trophies in 2001 and a treble season with him, of course Champions League is huge but don't act like he didn't give them anything

[@MrTonycoughlan]

I’d do exactly the same as he would have done. More money better chances of trophies. When players leave my club I get it.

[@mkprocter882]

Depends what you want out of your career, some want trophies some want to be club legends it's not easy to be both. Owen won't go down as a club legend at any of his clubs. but he'll always have a Prem title.

[@kerseysturdivant5093]

fair play, he wants to chase glory at other clubs than create it at LFC, thats his perogrative. my issue is with him trying to revise history and be buddy buddy with LFC. not having it mate. the way he left the club, running down his contract forcing lfc to sell him to Madrid. then turning up at United. and now trying to act like he loves LFC. No time for his bleating.

[@mkprocter882]

yep agreed

[@JC-ko1bp]

@@kerseysturdivant5093 i get the contract thing. but i dont think hes lying about anything. he did seem to want to come back to liverpool at every opportunity, i dont think thats a lie

[@gurungmadan]

Well Gerrard also got offers from Jose's Chelsea when they were winning titles, as well as from Real Madrid but he didn't go and stayed loyal....Now gerrard will be remembered as a legend in liverpool while owen wont be remembered as anyone in either madrid or manU or newcastle...Servers him right.

[@cddb5408]

cyka I'd much prefer to have a Premier league winners medal than be loved by Liverpool fans lol

[@gurungmadan]

And i'd much prefer to have a champions league (biggest club trophy) and be remembered as a legend than win a premier league and not be remembered by anyone... Also lets not forget, Owens contribution to that premier league win was 2 goals in 10 sub appearance the whole season lmaoo

[@cddb5408]

cyka You're forgetting the previous season 2009/10 Owen featured a lot more for ManUtd, aside from helping ManUtd win the league cup scoring in the final which I know isn't that great it's the sort of height he reached at Liverpool and not much higher but in the Premier league he scored the late winner against Man city etc...and he and the team were robbed of the title by 1 point because Chelsea were given decisions galore home&away against ManUtd multiple offside decisions, penalties for ManUtd not given in both games for Chelsea to win both games narrowly to take the title narrowly. Plus the cheats Liverpool deliberately lost vs Chelsea on the penultimate game of the season just to delay ManUtd going above Liverpool on number of league titles won (Gerrard's backpass to Drogba, if Gerrard was as good a player as some people claim he was he wouldn't make that same exact mistake in his career yet again when he had already done it twice for ThierryHenry). Shame Liverpool beat ManUtd at all costs when they met in the PL at Anfield in October that season when Carragher got away with 2 last man fouls, Lucas was literally allowed to foul all game without even getting booked etc...so that's another 6 points given in Chelsea's favour to go with the 12point swing in the head-to-head games between ManUtd and Chelsea where Chelsea were 2nd best in both, didn't even deserve 1 draw but got 2 wins. ManUtd were the best team in 2009/10, got the most points against the top5/6 team's (despite being robbed twice vs Chelsea) and deserved a record 4th PL title in a row. ManUtd never resorted to "winning" any of their 13 Premier league's in that manner if you look up the seasons. So back to Owen only just qualifying for the PL medal the following year it works out fair looking at 2009/10 if you're honest about it. Would you have been satisfied if ManUtd were just not robbed in 2009/10 instead? Either way it worked out right for him to get at least 1 PL medal. Also he scored a hatrick vs Wolfsburg in the Champions league 2009/10 and his contributions in that competition should've given him at least a champions league finalist medal that year Bayern robbed ManUtd in the quarter-finals, the incident where Ribery is pushing Rafael more than vice versa and Rafael is sent off after they surrounded the ref is still annoying. ManUtd would've reached the final had he not been sent off, I'm not saying we definitely would've beaten Inter but we would've beaten Lyon in the semi's and at the time I would've fancied Inter we usually knock them out and did so tge previous season with the same mamager in charge of Inter but I still can't say either way whether we would've definitely won or lost. But we were robbed of at least the final that year, we were robbed of the PL that season. When Man city won the title on goal difference at our expense in 2012 I accept that because Man city didn't have to cheat against us to win it. I would've preferred ManUtd thrashing Chelsea in 2009/10 home and away (like we deserved to, by far the better team particularly at Stamford bridge in Nov2009) and if we still failed to win the title even if we were say robbed of a win in our last game of the season I'd congratulate the champions because yeah decisions go for and against every team over the course of a season but Chelsea were given at least a 12point headstart in 09/10 (that doesn't even include the fixed Anfield fixtures When the 2 challengers went there) when you take maximum points off your main title rival you should be able to win the title and can only blame yourselves if you don't (I.e ManUtd losing to Blackburn 1995, Liverpool losing to ManUtd in 2009 although the latter Liverpool were closer to coming 3rd than 1st). We would've won yet another PL at a canter if we took maximum points off Chelsea in 2009/10, Chelsea needed maximum points against ManUtd via many poor decisions to even stand a chance of taking a title off ManUtd in that period where we were by far the best team in the country for 5 straight seasons (2006/07 to 2010/11).

[@cddb5408]

cyka Also who says Liverpool would've won the Champions League in 2005 had Owen played for them then? Ok they were never amazing in the days Owen played for them but they still had their days against very good team's and were certainly looked at as more of a threat when he played for them then the mediocre team that won it in 2005 mainly because team's underestimated Liverpool, the final even epitomizes that. Any final between 2 heavyweights where 1 team has a 3 goal lead they don't lose because they respect their opponent/still feel a threat and close the game down (like Barca did against us in 2009 only 2-0 and they were trying to shut the game down cos they knew if ManUtd got back into it they'd be in big trouble as ManUtd did threaten to score many times in that final despite not playing as well as expected). Don't get me wrong I remember wanting Liverpool to win that UCL 2005 final (which I regret a bit now) because they were such underdogs and at the time weren't very successful or looked at as a threat but that was exactly the reason in that particular season why they won it because team's didn't expect it, but it made for some great games and it was an interesting run they went on. You shouldn't be so bitter about Michael Owen, just be grateful he got you many goals in his last season at Liverpool which allowed u to scrape that champions league place in the first place. You're surely not stupid enough to not know if you don't qualify you can't win it....and Liverpool didn't warrant qualifying really, "champions" of nothing, scrape 4th 30 points behind the English champions, another 37points behind English champions 2005 in an otherwise bad season hence why team's didn't take them seriously.

[@tri3183]

CD DB Who were Liverpools strikers then? Diouf and Milan Baros I think? Imagine if they had Owen lol

[@johnwignall5413]

We didn't need a crocked striker! Thank you Newcastle!

[@Brascofarian]

"Ian Rush did it" yeah. That was a warning, not an incentive.

[@s1monz]

Video publisher reveals how he learning close to a English grammar came.

[@honeybadger9425]

Great young player Owen was shame about the injurys. Anyone who plays or plays football heading into their 30s can relate as their bodys start to die lol

[@jonjonesongasstationdickpi6179]

Jack Powell my body let me down in my early 20’s! 😂

[@kingarthurusatenniscoach1415]

Fans don't understand it's a profession just like their jobs in the office. You go for better pay and environment. The clubs soon force you out when age catches up with footballers.. Shankly was not welcome at his club Bobby Moore west Ham Hi. Jimmy Murphy man United

[@danielorourke1304]

He spent more time on the sidelines

[@bobbyfagan7760]

He will always walk alone

[@mkprocter882]

yep he isn't a club legend at any of his clubs, I don't hate the guy but he shouldn't be an ambassador for LFC

[@user-pn3fb9eo5i]

Just because he dared to prefer a club other than Liverpool.

[@user-jj1mr3wv3j]

Suarez was not at man utd in 2009 when he left Newcastle

[@cddb5408]

C Suarez wasn't at ManUtd full stop, I think you got a name mixed up just like Michael Owen did. But yeah Suarez didn't join Liverpool until Jan2011, a season where you'd prefer to be a ManUtd player than the position Suarez was in at Liverpool because ManUtd won the league and Liverpool came 6th so I wouldn't complain if I was Owen.....he may have meant he tried to rejoin Liverpool in 2011/12 because I recall when he left in 2012 he said he probably should've left the season earlier.

[@JC-ko1bp]

he said torres.... and then suarez. suarez was later on in 2011 i think? when there was talk of him coming back again

[@cd78]

Mercenary

[@turn567]

I loved Michael Owen and I’m grateful for everything he did at Liverpool but I’ve heard this kind of stuff trotted out by him a lot over the years. Every time he ended up signing for another club after Real the line was ‘I wanted to get to Liverpool but it didn’t work out’. It’s garbage. I never held it against him for going to Real, it wasn’t ideal selling him for cut price but fair enough. Going to Newcastle was a massive mistake. He could have come back to Liverpool and been part of something great but he clearly chased the money and the playing time so he could play for his beloved England. Actually after watching this I think he shows Newcastle and their fans a lot of disrespect by saying he always wanted to get back to us the whole time he was there and spending 5 years there on great money before sliding out the free transfer door. Then he goes to United, enough said. A great player, but will never be up there with Gerrard, Kenny, Rush or Fowler in terms of favourites.

[@JC-ko1bp]

i dont think hes lying about wanting to go back to liverpool. and it didnt sound like his fault or his choice that he didnt end up back there

[@ChrisMorgan86]

Owen was only interested in chasing the dollar.

[@MrDY1909]

Didn't Paul Ince play for both manchester united and liverpool?

[@joshjadey6825]

More then likely but Stan collymore played for forest and lfc are big rivals

[@guitarreilly]

He was a cockney no loyalty to a club

[@Kenjamonster]

Where's he from....shut up

[@mkprocter882]

Owen was Liverpool academy as a Liverpool supporter that is unforgivable. Ince will be hated by United fans sure, but there is a huge difference between the 2 transfers

[@L1am21]

Owen was an everton supporter.

[@JoeCone99]

What is that title it’s messing with my head

[@lusio2515]

It seems fine. What was it before ?

[@alexandrewilson5388]

Fair play Michael

[@clarker89]

Robbie Fowler signed for Liverpool when he was at Newcastle.

[@SWildMF]

I love when they wanna come back and don't. It's great.

[@orvarino]

Keyboard warriors, please post your CVs so we know that you can relate to career decision of a top level footballer. I myself have no experience on that level so I choose to just listen and not comment.

[@owens164]

Ahh he’s great

[@rossgeddes9438]

I don’t mind Owen but he really doesn’t help himself, the best opportunity he would have had to go back to Liverpool was when he was a free agent after leaving Newcastle in the summer of 2009, he incorrectly says that Suarez was there at the time (1 & a half years before he actually signed) & that Liverpool weren’t in need of a striker, Torres was the main man, but the back ups were Voronin & N’Gog plus Kuyt as an auxiliary forward, if Liverpool really wanted him they could have done it but from the outside looking in they just didn’t fancy him 🤷‍♂️

[@fixit3108]

Doesnt bother me anymore. Man Utd are irrelevant now. Europa league club at best. Ole is next out the door

[@wra0146]

Owen didn't play in the current the Ole era. So your comment doesn't make sense

[@CochinchineRaconteur]

Shame. Shouldn't have gone to Madrid. If it had worked out at Madrid, he wouldn't have come back. Should have just stayed with Liverpool

[@Popatop42]

He only left Rm to try and keep his england place Not realising that Sven would have picked him even if he had a year off.

[@andystevenson8383]

Suarez didn't join Liverpool until 2011. Owen left Newcastle in 2009. Not quite factual

[@adampalmer8573]

Can’t really blame him , the club he was playing for had been relegated and hadn’t been given much more else in terms of options , and united came in , he would of been a fool to turn it down

[@ptb2008]

I've got that football mug.

[@MoejiiOsmanTV]

It's funny this interview is out serculating when his book is coming out.. Basically He isn't liked by any fan group of clubs he played for, Madrid fans barely saw him play he was always injured, Newcastle fans hate him bcuz he called them a small club before he left, liverpool fans hate him cuz he ran his Contract down and left to Madrid almost on a free deal (Liverpool only got 25% of wat he was worth at the time) and he joined united the biggest sin of all & united fans don't like him cuz he's a former Liverpool player. He's a turn coat basically he's in limbo he did everything wrong in his career and never thought about the consequences for when his career ends what will his career be looked back on

[@JC-ko1bp]

played 45 times for madrid....

[@frentzaskontos6255]

He keeps mentioning Suarez,yet Suarez came after Owen had gone to ManUnited and there was no way of him coming to Liverpool.He had the chance to return multiple times,Rafa had it all ready.If he really wanted it,he would have returned.Instead,he chose to go to Liverpool's worst enemy, deleting all the love and appreciation they had for him.Shameless.His career was finished the moment he left Merseyside anyway, like so many other players.

[@IamKevinFinnerty]

So basically you never wanted to come to Newcastle. You showed no loyalty to Liverpool. You only cared about yourself and how much ££ you were making and you wonder why you're hated by fans?

[@averagename9978]

And great way of getting the fan to like you by calling us idiots on twitter 🙄

[@chillself]

You can tell he's lying cos Suarez wasn't there in 2009 when he decided to join the Mancs. He wasn't on the phone to Brendan Rogers, as he said in another interview cos Brendan Rogers didn't join us until 2012. Hoist with his own petard.

[@alluvialedaempfer962]

If I read the comment section, I understand why Liverpool managed to only win two league titles in 30+ years. The fanbase is unbearably childish.

[@tahidhanna]

Was my favourite player when i was growing, but detest him after. Not because he left, but the way he left, was forced to sell for cheap coz he would not sign a contract. N9w hate him even more.

[@johngough5700]

No michael it was the money

[@bobkumar8754]

Massive judas....he once said after he got a PL title with MAN UTD, "if you cant beat them, join them". Like Beckham, he`ll never be seen as a legend as became a club slag by joining various teams.

[@regiment589]

Bob Kumar You realise that footbal is work? No one cares about all this "loyalty" crap besides clubs haters. Time to grow up man.

[@MrTonycoughlan]

regiment589 Agreed!!!

[@godsdisciple4893]

@@regiment589 You should do knitting because you're a nit and sound like a girl. YNWA

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

Bob Kumar :- what planet are you from? Beckham was moved on by United NOT the other way around. Beckham is still adored and respected by true United fans. I was there in 99 and without Becks we would never have won the CL. Please get your facts right in future!!!

[@junaldinho100]

Yeah and he can tell his children and his Premier League medal while you’re in the internet crying 😂😂😂

[@TheLancashireLadPodcast]

Let’s be honest Rafa told you to refuse to go to Newcastle and wait till transfer deadline day and Madrid will except £10 million. You didn’t have the bottle to wait it out. You signed for Newcastle on 24th August. If he’d have waited till deadline day and refused Newcastle I believe the deal will have gone threw

[@JC-ko1bp]

hes got more people to think about than you. he has family, a wife that wanted to go live back in England... kids... its alright holding out for something not guaranteed at all, when your families future and happiness are at steak. madrid didnt need the cash, and knew people were prepared to pay 16m for him. they could have easily just kept him another year/ half a year and tried their luck again in the transfer market. clubs like that arent just gonna chuck away 6 million on a panic sale last minute. they knew liverpool or someone else would likely offer at least 10 next year anyway. they likely knew owens situation where he was desperate to go back to the UK too for family reasons

[@kamsingh3260]

Ferguson wore out too many young players at Aberdeen. He would not let it have happened to Owen.

[@dixienormous745]

What he done for Liverpool. People give terrible abuse. But, respect Torres and Suarez for doing what exactly ? Scoring a few goals. Didn’t win nothing though.

[@paulgibbons2320]

We don't produce many good enough to play over seas at Real Madrid. For this he should have some measure of respect. He was a product of the times. All the foreign mercinaries we bring in don't get this much hate from back home.

[@clint3362]

money thats what its about owen

[@JamesFoxx]

Why did he have the mindset of only going for a year and coming back, isn’t that a little defeatist? He did well at Madrid, maybe if he went in with a longer term mentality having been a Balon D’or winner previously and one of the best strikers in Europe at the time, he could’ve carved out a good career out there! Blimey, give me the city and lifestyle of Madrid over England any day of the week... and playing with all those legends... Ended up back at Newcastle, what a come down 😩😩

[@jamesdoyle3885]

Our own decisions

[@ron1696]

He should hace stayed at real madrid his wife ruined it

[@Godstone93]

I don't know why he didn't just asked to go on loan for a year at real

[@kevshearer3245]

this guy just oozes charisma

[@mkprocter882]

😅

[@peterkidd2454]

Does anyone actually care what he’s got to say

[@JC-ko1bp]

i do. pretty weird for you to watch a video of someone talking when you dont care what he's got to say..... then commenting like someone cares what you have to say about a guy that you dont care what he has to say.

[@UnclePhillyMyAss]

Trying to comapre Tescos and Asda to Liverpool Man utd. Shows how clueless he is. I get it players dont feel the way we do after a while. Half of them are mates while were arguing in the pubs etc But to be brought through Liverpools youth system to have played in some Extremely bitter Utd livepool games like the one he was sent off in at OT. The abuse he would have received from United fans. Songs about Murderers and Burning Scousers. To them run around that same pitch for them is beyond me. He was always Owen and England first thats why he wasnt taken too like Fowler was despite scoring many more goals.

[@regiment589]

TheRoadAhead Fowler was average at the international level

[@JC-ko1bp]

you guys sound like a jealous ex girlfriend.... who never wanted him back and refused him every time he begged.... but then got jealous when he went to her mate and did well for himself. then the ex starts screaming about loyalty? hahahaha

[@matthewsmith6187]

Couldn’t sign for Liverpool cos Suarez was there? You left Newcastle in 2009 Suarez signed for Liverpool in 2011

[@JC-ko1bp]

he said Torres.... then suarez later (as there was talk of him coming back in 2011 under brendan rogers) unless this is a different video, ive just watched 3 owen vids in a row, he definitely said torres and then suarez in the one i watched

[@marcwilliams2589]

Typical Englishman.. crying about being homesick..Should have stuck it out at Real for a few more seasons.

[@JC-ko1bp]

sounded like his mrs more than him.

[@andrewharris3047]

Suarez wasn't there when you left Newcastle mate (get your facts right they just didn't want you)

[@Drip5167]

Sounds like he’s from stoke on trent

[@a.warner8246]

Steven Leeming he's from chester

[@joseneto6304]

LIAR, this man it's not a LFC idol, should never be a Liverpool's ambassador, and not playing in the LFC legends team.

[@Talis7212]

I disagree with the first two but he is a Liverpool legend.

[@dannypowell8080]

Would Liverpool have won the champions league in 2005 if Michael Owen had stayed at Liverpool

[@JC-ko1bp]

all ifs and buts..... but he was a better striker than anyone they had at the time.

[@riddlers91]

Or stay at Madrid?

[@seancharlie8476]

I will always hate nufc for signing owen, i wanted him back at LFC.

[@johnwignall5413]

Why? In his own words he was effectively finished as a striker, Newcastle did us a massive favour! What he has failed too answer was why like his mate Macmanaman he was running down his contract, we all know the answer, but why not admit that money was the deciding factor! Remember this, when he attempted too return too Liverpool after his year on Reals bench, Liverpool offered £10m but Newcastle offered £16m, he asked Liverpool could they up their offer, at no stage did he offer reduced wages too Liverpool to facilitate the move.

[@JC-ko1bp]

@@johnwignall5413 how do you know what wages he offered? are you still on the board at liverpool?

[@jamesjarrett52]

so there you go Newcastle fans he never wanted to go in the first place

[@ulfurkarlsson5885]

What a mistake it was for Newcastle United to buy this player. Im not sure Liverpool fans like him either, cause he went to theyre biggest rivals Man Utd.

[@MoejiiOsmanTV]

He isn't liked by any fan group of clubs he played for, Madrid fans barely saw him play he was always injured, Newcastle fans hate him bcuz he called them a small club before he left, liverpool fans hate him cuz he ran his Contract down and left to Madrid almost on a free deal (Liverpool only got 25% of wat he was worth at the time) and he joined united the biggest sin of all & united fans don't like him cuz he's a former Liverpool player. He's a turn coat basically he's in limbo he did everything wrong in his career and never thought about the consequences for when his career ends what will his career be looked back on

[@JC-ko1bp]

@@MoejiiOsmanTV he played 45 times for madrid in 1 season....

[@Unknown-tk9dt]

Owen is never welcome at Liverpool. No one ever kisses the utd badge and is welcome at lfc.

[@junaldinho100]

Finn Southern You’re still mad that he finally won the league title at United and not Liverpool huh? 😂😂😂

[@Unknown-tk9dt]

Priince Brvce nothing to do with what he won. Don’t no about you horrible mancs but we don’t welcome any of that

[@clint3362]

they did not want u back