by Bretc » Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:19 am
Owen is a great player no doubt but I'll always remember how he screwed us up big time, not once but TWICE!!! First trick - Why dupe us into believing that he's going to sign a new contract when all along he's just waiting for an opportunity to make the "big move"?! Second trick - Why can't he simply tell Real Madrid that he only want to sign for Liverpool and nobody else?! For his 1st trick, he cost us millions as we're forced to sell cheaply. For his 2nd circus trick, he can't expect us to pay that kind of ridiculous $$$ - it's like giving Real an extra 8M and making a big fool of ourselves! If Owen realli want to play for us, he can simply tell Real that he only wanna sign for Liverpool, then hang on until Jan when we have a better chance to sign him at a cheaper price. But NO! He didn't! Why? Cos he just wanna play for ENGLAND!!! He only cares abt ENGLAND and HIMSELF! Yes, he's a great player, in fact a world class top-rated striker and we need his goal-scoring talent badly BUT it's wrong to sign him! My head says yes but my heart says NO!!! I can't explain why, I only know it's wrong, maybe it's my bruised pride when he walked away from us (esp when we needed him the most to start the Rafalution) but I just can't imagine Owen back in a Liverpool shirt.
There are other options I'd rather explore like Defoe, Yakubu, Kuyt etc. I like Mido too but not sure about his attitude.