Liverpool followers spot large flaws in Michael Owen’s reasoning for becoming a member of Man Utd
Liverpool followers have been ridiculing Michael Owen after listening to how he signed for Manchester United.
The former England striker, who scored 158 objectives for Liverpool, tarnished his Anfield legacy by transferring to Old Trafford in 2009. Owen says he wished to return to Liverpool, labelling them “the club I loved”, however realized they have been signing someone else after asking previous pal Jamie Carragher to place in a superb phrase for him.
Speaking on the Up Front With Simon Jordan podcast, the ex-Real Madrid man claimed the one presents on the desk on the time have been from United, Everton and Hull. But Reds followers aren’t so positive that is the reality given how riddled with inaccuracies his story was.
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“When I ran out of contract at Newcastle I phoned Carra [Carragher] and I said, ‘Speak to Brendan [Rodgers] and see if he fancies me,’ and he said, ‘No we’re just about to sign Robert [David] N’Gog’, so basically he didn’t need me,” Owen claimed, prompting an instantaneous backlash on social media.
Replying to a clip from the episode on X, one Liverpool fan joked: “Not sure why Owen rang Carra in 2009 and asked him to see if Reading manager Brendan Rodgers was interested in signing him for Liverpool. Don’t remember Robert N’Gog either. I wonder if he’s related to David N’Gog who we signed in 2008?”
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Owen has been open in regards to the reality he wished to re-join Liverpool when he left Real Madrid in 2005, and the 43-year-old steered he was ready for them to return in for him all through his four-year stint at Newcastle. That stated, he says he has “no resentment” in direction of the membership for not re-signing him, although insists the sensation must be mutual.
“Liverpool aren’t going to wait for me, I’ve got no resentment whatsoever. But I don’t expect resentment the other way because the first port of call was to go back to the club I loved,” Owen stated. “After that when Liverpool say no, what would you like me to do?
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“I’ll tell you what my options were. They were Hull City, Everton and Manchester United. They were the three teams that came in in the Premier League. With all due respect Hull were in a relegation scrap… and now I’m thinking, ‘Everton, I’m going to get [hammered by Liverpool fans]. I was a boyhood Everton fan, but I’m going to be hated now. I’ve got no option. I can’t do anything.”
Owen burst onto the scene in 1997 after rising from Liverpool’s academy. He received the Premier League Golden Boot in his first marketing campaign earlier than asserting himself to the world with a sensational solo purpose for England in opposition to Argentina on the 1998 World Cup.
When requested how he felt a couple of perceived lack of appreciation from Liverpool followers throughout his early years on the membership, notably when in comparison with fellow academy product Robbie Fowler, Owen stated he by no means actually understood it.
“When I was 19, 20 and banging in goals left, right centre, of course there was adulation, but nothing like Robbie Fowler,” he stated. “I used to room with Carra, and he would always say that Liverpool fans in general think you made your name for England. It’s like your England’s and you’re not Liverpool’s.
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“But I said to him, ‘I won the Golden Boot in my first friggin’ year here!’ And he said, ‘I know’. But the fact that I become a global superstar in a white shirt, not a red one, and the fact Robbie’s a Scouser, there was always that affection for Robbie.”
Owen spent three years at Man United, although most of that interval he was both out with harm or warming the bench. He left in 2012 after scoring 17 objectives in 52 video games and joined Stoke, earlier than hanging up his boots a yr later.