Michael James Owen, a man born in Chesire, England, December 14, 1974, on March 19, 2013 announced hanging shoes from the world of football. Not too surprising considering he had not been performing well for a long time. The usual question that arises after the footballer hangs his shoes is whether he is considered as a legend. Is Michael Owen a legend?
There is no legal requirement that someone can be categorized as a football legend. It is all relative to the opinion of each person. There is a categorization of the number of goals, titles presented, the last club defended or from loyalty. For Michael Owen: from 1996 to 2004 played at Liverpool in 2004-2005 played at Real Madrid in 2005-2009 played at Newcastle in 2009-2012 played at Manchester United and used back number 7 in 2012 at Stoke City. There were five clubs that overshadowed the journey of Owen’s career.
Don’t be surprised when fans from the clubs above claim that Owen is their club’s legend and the most popular are Liverpool and Manchester United’s sworn club fans. They clash with each other about what club is more appropriate to call Owen their Legend.
At the age of 12 years old, Owen joined Liverpool academy, and in Liverpool he had scored 97 goals in one season. While playing at Liverpool he also won the ballon’d or in the same year also won 3 consecutive titles local league, FA and UEFA, contributed 179 goals for Liverpool. Unfortunately all eight seasons’ reputation was damaged because of the proposal of 8,000,000 pounds from Real Madrid. It remains undeniable that Owen has not won the Premier League title when he was in the Red Devils’ uniform. A title he always dreamed of.
It is confusing when he preferred Manchester United to returning to Liverpool because he said Manchester United paid him £ 50,000, while Liverpool only dared to offer a salary of £ 20,000. Could it be that he became a soccer player with only a simple goal of filling a savings account? Or he might never have dreamed of becoming a legend? After all, the choices are in the hands of soccer fans to call him any club’s legend. Or let’s ask Michael Owen directly, which club legend he prefers?
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