[Ancien joueur : Michael Owen]

[Gian]

Je n'ai trouvé aucun topic sur Michael Owen ( alors qu'il a quand même marqué notre histoire), c'est pour ça que j'ai décidé d'en créer un. Peut être que j'ai mal cherché.

Michael Owen unsurprised by Liverpool's decline

Michael Owen helped Manchester United knock his former club Liverpool out of the FA Cup yesterday, and then said he is not surprised at how swiftly Liverpool have plummeted down the Premier League table.

Owen won four major trophies while at Anfield, including three during the 2000-01 campaign under Gérard Houllier. But after finishing second two seasons ago, Liverpool missed out on a Champions League place last season and have been forced to bring Kenny Dalglish back to spark a revival after a dismal Christmas period that included defeats to Wolverhampton Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers, sent them tumbling into the wrong half of the table.

Not of this is Owen's concern anymore, although he remains close to Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher and has strong opinions about life at his old club.

"I am not particularly surprised," he said. "I would say their position reflects where they are right now. They are in the middle of a transitional period and off the pitch they have had a change of ownership.

"They are also very reliant on a couple of star players and if they are out injured, they have tended to struggle."

Although Owen's move to Manchester United ensures he will never be welcomed back into the Liverpool fold with open arms, it does allow him a detached perspective. And even if he opts not to share the information he has been given, it is evident things have been going badly wrong behind the scenes.

"I don't think they would ever forgive me if I said what they had told me," said Owen. "Throughout all those successful years Liverpool built their foundation on passing and moving.

"But, from when I was there, everything has changed, barring two players. They even got rid of the doctors and the medical staff. Maybe there have not been enough Liverpool players over the last 10 years.

"If there was just one reason, then it would have been fixed. But there have been so many."

The Guardian

Modifié le 10 janvier 2011 par Gian

[Owen0412]

Quelqu'un peut résumer +- ce qu'il dit ? car je pense avoir compris mais c'est pour etre sur

[Owen0412]

Quelques message du Twitter officiel d'Owen que j'ai trouvé interessant

1/

My god. Not seen Liverpool play this well for a long time. They are battering City. Looks like Tevez could be missing for a while too.

lundi 11 avril 2011 21:39:54 via Twitter for iPad

2/

Suarez looks a proper player. Very impressed.

lundi 11 avril 2011 22:14:21 via Twitter for iPad

3/

As I've already said, don't know where, don't know when, but there is an important goal to come from me this season - mark my words!!!

mardi 12 avril 2011 23:32:07 via Twitter for iPad

4/

My thoughts are with the families of the 96 who lost their lives at Hillsborough and to everybody affected by the tragedy.

about 21 hours ago via Twitter for iPad

[ian rush 68]

Transferts Man Utd: Owen bientôt libre

Dans un peu plus d'un mois, un Ballon d'Or sera sur le marché des agents libres... En effet, le 30 juin prochain, le contrat de Michael Owen avec Manchester United sera terminé et celui-ci ne devrait pas être reconduit. A 31 ans, l'international anglais n'a participé qu'à 10 rencontres de Premier League avec les Red Devils cette saison, pour une seule titularisation et un but. L'ancien Galactique du Real Madrid attend donc des propositions extérieures

Qu'il aille au diable ou a everton

[REDDINGUE]

Transferts Man Utd: Owen bientôt libre

Dans un peu plus d'un mois, un Ballon d'Or sera sur le marché des agents libres... En effet, le 30 juin prochain, le contrat de Michael Owen avec Manchester United sera terminé et celui-ci ne devrait pas être reconduit. A 31 ans, l'international anglais n'a participé qu'à 10 rencontres de Premier League avec les Red Devils cette saison, pour une seule titularisation et un but. L'ancien Galactique du Real Madrid attend donc des propositions extérieures

Qu'il aille au diable ou a everton

Le diable c'est pas possible il en vient !

[Redman85]

Mais ce ne serait pas une solutions d'avenir; puis bon avec le coup qu'l nous avait fait en signant à United je doute qu'il recoive un acceuil très chaleureux de la part des kopites; ceci dit je peut me tromper.

[aurel]

Mais ce ne serait pas une solutions d'avenir; puis bon avec le coup qu'l nous avait fait en signant à United je doute qu'il recoive un acceuil très chaleureux de la part des kopites; ceci dit je peut me tromper.

Heu, non tu ne te trompes pas.

Je pense qu'il y a plus de chances de voir DSK faire voeu de chasteté que de voir Owen signer au club...

[Pierre]

Vu comment il est partit, il reviendra pas !

Et je ne souhaite pas son retour, en plus il est carbo ...

Modifié le 17 mai 2011 par Pierre

[robbiefowler80]

franchement sa ne serait pas un renfort sauf pour l'infirmerie et de se coté elle est souvent pleine

pour moi c'est non judas

[Owen0412]

Pour moi ce serai un reve

[rodofromparis]

et pour moi un cauchemar...

Mais je pense pas que ça se fera, heureusement.

[Pierre]

Qu'il reste cirer le banc a Man u ( meme si il est en fin de contrat )

[Redman85]

Heu, non tu ne te trompes pas.

Je pense qu'il y a plus de chances de voir DSK faire voeu de chasteté que de voir Owen signer au club...

Superbe allusion.

[Pitou]

http://www.wsc.co.uk...t/view/8243/38

Why Liverpool fans don't like Michael Owen

28 January ~ In light of the recent race row between Luis Suárez and Patrice Evra, today's FA Cup tie between Liverpool and Manchester United is expected to be played out in a particularly poisonous atmosphere. But there will be one potentially explosive ingredient missing, in the form of an injured Michael Owen. He is deeply disliked by the majority of Liverpool fans. Exactly why he is so unpopular is less well known. The fact that Owen plays for their most hated rivals doesn't endear him to the Liverpool fans. But considering the injury-plagued, bit-part role he has at Old Trafford, most Liverpool supporters are happy to see him on the United bench – as opposed to say, Karim Benzema or David Villa.

The true source of the anti-Owen sentiment can be traced back as far as St Etienne and the 1998 World Cup. Initially Liverpool fans were full of pride that "one of ours" could score one of the great World Cup goals, as he did for England's against Argentina. After returning to the club, however, it was soon evident that the nation's newest sensation was drunk on national adoration. From St Etienne on, he was England's Michael Owen and never Liverpool's.

Suddenly every post-game interview was dominated with references to an upcoming England game, no matter how important the one he had just played in for Liverpool was or how meaningless the England fixture. Owen would routinely rush himself back from injury to prove his fitness ahead of a pointless England friendly. He took considerably longer to return to Liverpool's first team when there was no forthcoming international match.

It soon became abundantly clear that Owen's major career goal was to eclipse Bobby Charlton's international goalscoring record of 49. He clearly thought this would cement his reputation as England's greatest-ever forward. Hindsight has shown him to be misguided. As Robbie Keane has since demonstrated with the Republic of Ireland, you don't need to be world class to reach a half-century of international goals. A willingness to turn up for games against San Marino, Faroe Islands, Liechtenstein will suffice.

Owen's obsession with England only explains part of the ill feeling. There is also the question of his personality. First came his covert attempts to oust crowd favourite Robbie Fowler by telling every interviewer he much preferred playing alongside non-scoring battering-ram Emile Heskey. His reasoning, one suspects, was that Fowler was both more popular with the fans and also a better all-round footballer.

When Liverpool sold Fowler to Leeds, Owen became the undisputed king of the club. And boy did he know it. Not content with influencing personnel and playing style, he procrastinated over signing a new contract, allowing it to run down to the point where Real Madrid were able to buy him for £8 million – a scandalous fee for a recent recipient of the European Player of the Year award. The fact that Owen had explicitly promised not to allow this scenario to occur made his actions all the more galling.

Any lingering doubts about where ambition and money came in the Owen pecking order were extinguished upon his return to English football. He chose to play for Newcastle United, a circus show at the time, over newly crowned European champions Liverpool. Unable to match Newcastle's wages, all Liverpool could offer was the chance to play Champions League football with a new manager. They went on to win that season's FA Cup, reach another European Cup final the following season and play Champions League football in every year of Rafa Benitez's reign, unlike Newcastle.

Herein lies the one saving grace of Owen – the amount of schadenfreude he affords Liverpool fans. His career has never reached the peaks it did at Anfield. While he was on the bench at the Bernabéu, Liverpool were busy winning the greatest prize in club football. Contrary to Owen's clearly held belief, it turned out he wasn't bigger than the club after all. Paul Cantwell

Modifié le 28 janvier 2012 par pitou

[rafalabamba]

A-t-il été blessé durant son passage à Manure ?

Ou son niveau de forme ne lui permet même pas d'être le quatrième attaquant du club ?

Triste fin (et milieu) de carrière...

[Smash']

A-t-il été blessé durant son passage à Manure ?

Ou son niveau de forme ne lui permet même pas d'être le quatrième attaquant du club ?

Triste fin (et milieu) de carrière...

Je comprends pas trop. Il est tout le temps de blessé à Manchester aussi.

[Owen0412]

Je comprends pas trop. Il est tout le temps de blessé à Manchester aussi.

Effectivement je le suis tjrs et tjrs blessé et quand il revient c'est pour 1 mois grand max avant de resubir une blessure

Il a quand meme marqué 19 buts en 49 matchs sous les Reds Devils ce qui n'est pas si mauvais

[william57]

Notamment un but contre city l'année dernière dans le derby fou fou, ou il donne la victoire si mes souvenirs sont bons

[Owen0412]

Notamment un but contre city l'année dernière dans le derby fou fou, ou il donne la victoire si mes souvenirs sont bons

Oui exact

[Hendersondu60]

Moi aussi c'est une de mes idoles et sincerement il me manque! Quand j'entend que Anelka veut le faire venir en Chine je suis degouté allez reviens parmis nous je suis sur qu'il serait meilleur que Caroll! Stp revient!!!!!!!

[william57]

Moi aussi c'est une de mes idoles et sincerement il me manque! Quand j'entend que Anelka veut le faire venir en Chine je suis degouté allez reviens parmis nous je suis sur qu'il serait meilleur que Caroll! Stp revient!!!!!!!

Moi pas sur du tout à propos de ta dernière phrase ...

[Bugsy]

Moi je me suis résigné, cet escroc est payé à twitter à Manchester... (et heureusement! ), on peut pas se le permettre.

[Gian]

Michael Owen va quitter Manchester :

Owen leaving United

Striker confirms he is not being offered a new deal

By Pete O'Rourke

Michael Owen has revealed he will be leaving Manchester United after the club decided not to offer him a new contract.

The 32-year-old's deal expires this summer and he will be available on a free transfer after three years at Old Trafford.

Owen has not featured for United since November due to a thigh injury with the former Liverpool and Newcastle man only making four appearances all season.

The striker scored three times in those four appearances, with the goals coming in the Carling Cup victories over Leeds and Aldershot.

Owen joined Manchester United on a free transfer from Newcastle in the summer of 2009 and went on to score 17 goals in 52 appearances for the club.

Next move

Owen revealed he was informed of the decision after this week's testomonial match for former United hero Harry Gregg and he admits he loved his spell at Old Trafford.

The former England international wrote on Twitter said: "The manager informed me after our testimonial match on Tuesday that the club would not be offering me a new contract.

"I have loved every minute of the three years I have spent at such a fantastic club.

"I now plan to have a short holiday during which I will contemplate my next move."

United confirmed the news on their website in a statement which added: "Manchester United thanks Michael for his contribution and wishes him well for the future."

Skysports

[Owen0412]

Je l'accueil à bras ouvert à Anfield

[Sergio127]

Je l'accueil à bras ouvert à Anfield

Ce serait génial