Yes. What the hell. If you haven't heard by now, the latest rumours in the world of football is that Michael Owen is on the verge of joining Man Utd. Yes, you read that right.
BBC Sport claims Owen, who has been long admired by Sir Alex Ferguson, is set to undergo a fitness test today and should he pass, will be Man Utd's second signing of the summer and possibly their most shocking.
In all fairness, it's probably good news for Owen that he's finally being linked to a world class club instead of the likes of Stoke and Hull. But Man Utd?
First, whether Owen likes it or not, a move to Old Trafford would tantamount to treason by Liverpool fans, who even after all these years still have great admiration and respect for a footballer who was part of the club since the age of 13 and scored 118 goals in 216 appearances.
And when Owen was linked with a move back to the club a few years ago after a disastrous spell at Real Madrid, many Liverpool fans and players including Steven Gerrard lobbied Benitez to re-sign the player. However, Benitez quite reasonably declined to fork out the amount Madrid was asking for.
Hence, a move to United is bound to piss quite a few people off. Then again, nothing's gone right for Owen since he left Anfield so its understandable if he does go to United.
As far as Man Utd goes, signing Owen is either a sign of pure genius or desperation. Unlike many critics who have written him off, I believe Owen is still one of the best in the game when he's on form. That being said, Owen seems to have spent more time in the sick bay than on the field for Newcastle so United are taking a huge gamble in signing him.
Even Big Sam rejected the possibility of signing Owen at Blackburn in view of the striker's poor fitness level.
Still, all this is speculation at this point but as I've said, rumours in the world of football generally tend to come true. And maybe Carlos Tevez should reconsider his position on joining Liverpool. After all, if someone like Owen is willing to sacrifice his 13-year bond with Liverpool by joining their most hated rivals, he can too.
Being a liverpool supporter i am disgusted by the fact of owen going to MU! how could he betray us like that!!!
ReplyDeleteactually at real madrid owen was well utilised despite injury prone-ss, was a good super sub with high goal/game or goals/minutes played ratio
ReplyDeleteto be fair, i guess it's the bloke's last chance to prove himself.. i would hate to see him snuffed out like gazza moving to progressively worse clubs before moving to the middle east for the money.. all the best to him! you can bet he regretted leaving liverpool in the first place.. if you can't get satisfaction from this, i don't know what can..
ReplyDeleteMichael Owen is dead to me the moment he left for Madrid. NOW, he is public enemy number 1. He is a proper runt cunt. Just look at the picture of him in the jersey holding up the scarf. If that does not make any liverpool fan sick to the stomach, you are better off supporting another team.
ReplyDeleteIt's a gamble for Sir Alex, who's not unknown to have a punt on the horses, and Man Utd certainly have a need for a super sub in the Baby Faced Assassin mode. Don't think he'll start many matches but he will be an asset for United. To be fair to the guy, don't think he expected Man Utd to be knocking on his door.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, Trent, methinks you need to set up a Michael Owen poll :)
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