Michael Owen tells full story of move to Newcastle from Real Madrid

Michael Owen remains one of the England‘s greatest ever strikers.

At Liverpool in particular, he was the definition of world-class and famously scooped the Ballon d’Or award in 2001.

During his eight years in the Merseyside club’s first-team, Owen scored 158 goals, with 118 of them coming in just 216 Premier League appearances.

He really was something special in his younger days, so much so that Real Madrid saw fit to sign him in the midst of their ‘Galacticos Era’.

Owen arrived at the Spanish club in the summer of 2004 and racked up some pretty impressive numbers overall.

Despite the fact he was rarely a starter for Los Blancos, the former England international still managed to score 16 goals across all competitions.

But when Robinho was signed after the 2004/05 season to beef up a forward line that already included Raul Gonzalez and Ronaldo Nazario, Owen knew it was time to move on.

He needed regular playing time ahead of the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

So, Owen eventually joined Newcastle in a deal worth around £16.8 million, although the Magpies certainly weren’t the player’s first-choice destination.

He was desperate to re-join Liverpool, something which the man himself could not have made any clearer in a recent interview discussing his glittering professional career.

While a guest on BT Sport’s ‘What I Wore’ show, Owen spoke in-depth about his ill-fated move to Tyneside after catching sight of a Newcastle jersey.

And after watching the clip below, it’ll come as no shock to learn that Owen is not a popular figure at St James’ Park these days…

Owen is so open in his disdain for Newcastle in this clip. It’s actually taken me back a bit. Basically, he never wanted to go there and tried to leave whenever he could. Their