Michael Owen

Hi guys,

Sigh as if the passing of Michael Jackson wasn't depressing enough, news on another Michael that was published this morning shocked me nearly quite as much. Michael Owen, a Liverpool legend and the 7th highest all time scorer of the Barclays Premier League has joined a team I wish he didn't join, in fact it was a complete nightmare for me. In all honesty, I was waiting for the time Michael Owen would return to Liverpool and partner along side Fernando Torres to make a formidable striking partnership but that didn't happen. After he was sold off back in 2004 from Liverpool to Real Madrid, I thought the long wait would finally be over. This year would have probably been the best time to take a calculated risk and buy back Michael Owen in order to ensure Liverpool's domestic title hopes in the Premier League. Here are my reasons for this, first of all Liverpool are encountering financial difficulties and have a very limited budget to spend on transfer signings, Liverpool need a new striker to help Fernando Torres, he's doing a phenomenal job but even he needs help and Michael Owen's would be able to come back to Liverpool on a free transfer, a GOOD striker for FREE. Is that so hard to comprehend, is Rafa blind not to make a move on this. I know Owen is injury prone but common, give him a shot.

Instead of heading back to the Kop, he will now being waving to the stands of Old Trafford as he has now been purchased by Manchester United, one of my worst nightmares came true. Michael Owen who was amongst my favorite players of all time is playing for a team that are Liverpool FC's biggest and fiercest rivals. I simply cannot bring myself to accept this, but I guess I don't have any other choice. Regardless of him being at Manchester United, he will still be my all time favorite striker and I do certainly hope he regains his form again and becomes much better than before. Now there is ONLY ONE player of Manchester United that I like and his name is MICHAEL OWEN. In a sense I'm happy for him, if it helps him regain his form to become better then I'm glad. I was hoping to see him in a big 4 team although preferrably it would have been Liverpool instead of Man United. Ferguson was adamant on signing Fernando Torres to his squad after getting a huge £80 million transfer fee after selling Ronaldo off to Real Madrid. I was hoping it wouldn't happen and thankfully it didn't but Ferguson has hit Liverpool fans such as myself hard where it hurts by taking a Liverpool legend on to his squad for absolutely free, he didn't pay a penny as Owen's contract had expired. I can't however blame Ferguson entirely for this, he saw potential in Owen and grabbed him with both hands. Benitez on the other hand was too stubborn and never even considered bringing back our old hero so I case he will be the bigger villain in the eyes of many fans.

Well, what's done is done and all I can hope for now is that Liverpool continues to put in their best efforts, maintain their phenomenal form from the end of last season and perhaps improve it even more and hopefully win the Premier League in the upcoming season.

As for Michael Owen, I wish him all the best and he is one exception in the case that should he and I only mean he alone should happen to score against Liverpool in any of their encounters next season, I shall be happy that he scored. Whatever happens, Michael Owen spent the majority of his footballing career in Liverpool including his youth years and will always be a Liverpool player at heart.