Owen and out?

Michael Owen.
The athlete; the ambassador; the icon
At least, that is what his brochure says.

There are strong rumours doing the rounds that Michael Owen could be on his way to Manchester, to the red half of the city.
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However, the links make sense. United have their backs against the wall. They have lost Ronaldo and Tevez, and recent reports suggest that they lost out in the race to sign French wonderkid Karim Benzema.
United have lacked a real goalscoring striker since the sale of Ruud Van Nistelrooy to Real Madrid. Yes, Ronaldo and co. have proved successful enough, but at the end of the day, every team could do with a greedy striker who is goin to score 20+ goals a season.
Is Owen that man? Maybe. There was a time when he was the most feared striker in the world. Sadly, those days have now passed him by, but that does not mean that Owen's career is as good as over.
Over the past couple of years, he has tried in vain to reinvigorate his playing style to suit his body. He no longer has the electric pace that we have come to associate with the England striker, but he still has that killer instinct.

Just like the Masters football advert says - class is permanent. Owen knows how to put the ball in the back of the net. He probably knows it, and how to do it, better than most strikers in the Prem nowadays.

Yes, Owen has his faults. But, at the end of the day, he is still a good striker. Maybe he is not world class anymore. Maybe.

However, he is most definitely not a has-been. I may be a romantic, believing that Fifa '98 could happen again, but that does not matter.

Here is an icon.
Here is a real striker.
Here is Michael Owen.

Come and get your very own icon, at cheap prices.
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