He comes across as an incredibly dry sort of man. Not dislikable by any means, but he seems to have a, ''let's get the graphs out'' type of personality that's hard *to* like. Perfect for no-strings-attached clubs and fans like Real Madrid. Liverpool as an entity is an emotional club; behaviour considered a sleight resonates particularly deeply. His ultimate undoing with Liverpool fans will always be joining the mancs. Graph away, Michael. That's unforgivable.

He went to United. I'd imagine it is as simple as that. Same reason in reverse is why we united fans hate Paul Ince.

As an ex Sports journo I talked with colleagues and God did I hear some stories about Michael Owen (some never printed) he's ruthless, cold amd tbh not very bright, that goes back decades. The ruthless was quite evident in his choice of club he went to, Real Madrid after Lpool assured him.of a rebuild, Newcastle because according to him on his way back to Liverpool apparently (Ncastle bumped up the price) but having a helicopter to fly him back and forwards in his tenure there wasn't about money and then the ultimate kick in the cojones joining United, he's the type of guy you wouldn't trust with the last life jacket and is a pure opportunist selfish individual, that's why Liverpool can't stomach the guy, oh and his analysis of football is tedious and that Dubai ad...Jesus christ, I had Ted Maul from Brass Eye in my head 'Coswick, from the moon satellite it's a small dot, but on the ground it's a huge mess like Dante meets Bosch in a crack lounge'

Great video. As a Liverpool fan, Owen occupies such a strange place. A great player that probably was mismanaged early in his career which later led to his injuries. For all his talent, it feels strange that at the five clubs he played for, he isn’t remembered fondly by any of them.

Loved the boy we had, apathetic to the man he became...

Loved this video! What a chilled vibe and hilariously informative

After 40+ years a supporter for me the answer is still simple.......MAN UTD

The way he left was what did it for me. He took the piss out of us. He was worth easily £30m and we got less than a third of that.

Great stuff Andy, how about MacManaman next?

Love this so much. You should do something similar on Jose Mourinho...

Great video, appreciate your work mate! What about Fernando Torres, El-Hadji Diouf, Paul Konchesky, Charles Itandje and some others...

Finding out what kind of man he really is crushed me. When I was a plucky 4 year old boy first getting into sports, I just thought that Michael Owen was a guy who liked to play football and so I felt I could identify with him. I recall reading a how-to-become-a-footballer type book that he had wrote and seeing him playing his PS1 and having a kick about with his friends made me think 'oh, he's just like me but older'. How wrong I was!

Michael Owen was world class ….. the 2 goals against Arsenal in the 2001 fa cup final is one my favourite memories supporting Liverpool Fc & I’ve supported them since 77

I think 1 of the biggest insults to liverpool is he now an ambassador to the club.he ahould be nowhere near the club

Put together, why Origi is a legend.

I don’t like Owen. But he made the 2005-06 Champion League winner much more sweeter, that Liverpool won right after he left for Real Madrid to win more trophy.

He just didn’t understand the mentality behind playing for Liverpool that’s why he left for Madrid just so he could say he had played for them, joining Utd was unforgivable even though not directly from Liverpool he obviously lacked empathy for LFC or it’s fans otherwise he would have backed out of Utd offer, Fowler was completely different as he was a scouser and was so excited about coming back even though not playing as much

I’d like to hear your thoughts on the Wijnaldum situation he was one of my favourite players and the way he left has always been so confusing to me

Michael Owen is a traitor not cause he went to Madrid and left Liverpool or him joining Newcastle or stoke it was joining utd and winning the premier league with them but also these days he will act like a liverpool legend and a utd legend he is neither he kept getting injured since leaving Liverpool his last silverware being the league cup against utd he was a hero at Liverpool and he tarnished his whole legacy. For money and to win a Premier league with the he rivals. He will never be a liverpool legend. Fowler went to city before they had oil money but played for Liverpool after I think Owen is just a football mercenary who likes money but joining utd when he had offers wen was linked with other premier league teams and other teams abroad. Fergie at utd was a big gambler and loved the horses races and so did Owen. He will always be a good player until 03 but his whole legacy has been tarnished now from what he says in his book about Newcastle and stoke to playing and scoring for rivals and celebrating with utd

I've never loved a player like I loved Michael Owen as a kid. My first match at Anfield was in 2001 against Newcastle and he scored a hattrick. A few months later he scored his double against Arsenal to win the FA Cup. He was electric, he was winning us trophies and winning the balon dor. I was 8, he was my hero. Now I feel absolutely nothing for him. Not hate, just nothing. Like if Didi Hamman or Emile Heskey is doing punditry, I'll remember them fondly. If it's Owen, it's like the past never happened. It's like I've written him out of my childhood. I don't associate him with Liverpool FC anymore, it's sad how it turned out really.

I live a few miles away from his Gaff in N Wales. Not only did he use a helicopter to get to Newcastle. He used to borrow David Mcleans (local business man) helicopter and pilot. The tight t**t wouldn't even rent his own. I used to see it all the time. It would have been cheaper to move the club physio to N Wales than Owen flying up to Newcastle for treatment

I remember the infamous pamphlet but I'd never heard about it being a whopping 32 pages. Imagine, 32 whole pages about how wonderful Michael Owen is! My stance on Owen softened after I heard him in conversation with Jamie Carragher on a podcast (Greatest Game, I think it was called). But it's softened into ambivalence. I just don't care about him any more.

Great video. How about a video based on our biggest flops with their biggest moments of ‘glory.’ Initial thoughts… david n’gog scoring against utd, ryan babel scoring against utd, aquilani…think he scored in europe? Andy carroll against city, mellor against arsenal, voronin…when he was sold. Etc etc. just a thought to remind us of how things could always be worse 😂

Michael Owen was my favourite Liverpool player. He was a superstar and he was homegrown. To this day I think he was one of our best ever strikers and I have great memories of the FA Cup he won single handedly. I would not say I dislike him more that I am disappointed. Fair enough he wanted to leave, that's football, it was the way his departure was manged through the press and the way he said he wouldn't leave without ensuring Liverpool got value but he dragged on his transfer for so long that he was going to get a Bosman if we didn't accept the money from Real Madrid. For a guy who was club captain, had played first team since he was a teenager and a guy who had continually been selected when he was not in premium form it just seemed a bit disloyal.

Owen was a special talent, a fantastic finisher. Those early injuries were devastating. I’m a Liverpool supporter and I love the guy ❤ All clubs have a minority of small-minded followers.

I liked that Andy. A dive into what actually happened under Benitez to cause us to lose Xavi Alonso and Xavier Mascherano for buttons. Two phenomenally talented players whose time at Liverpool was mystifyingly cut short.

Signed for United. End of.

7:13 it all makes sense why Gerrard gave Owen a slight dig at him now

He became a great chopper pilot in dubai.

Would be interested to hear your thoughts on Roy Evans team in mid 90s? Would they have won the league under a different manager? Or players weren't good enough? Or just couldn't get the players needed to compete? Or just do a video on Robbie Fowler and I'll watch that

Great video! Liverpool cult heroes could be a decent one? The likes of Ragnar Klavan, Dudek, Gary Mac, Litmanen, Sinama Pongolle, etc.. would make for some interesting commentary in their own unique ways. Houllier in particular had a habit for mental signings. Origi deserves his own episode for sure.

He committed the ultimate betrayal. He went to United instead of returning to Liverpool when he left Newcastle United. That's like a Yankees player going to The Red Soxs after leaving the Braves.

This is gonna sound so petty but getting into football properly around 1993, I was 9yrs old and Robbie Fowler was everything to me and over time I felt like the shine was off him when Owen burst onto the scene and made it that it was a matter of time before Fowler went…which did happen and I put it down to Owen, I think that was the start of my hatred for the man! The fact that he said every year since he left Liverpool before he signed for Utd he was trying to come back is bollocks and a way of making himself feel better for leaving us!

Loved Owen growing up I was 10 when we played Arsenal in the fa cup final and still remember it like it was yesterday one of my best football memories but he ruined it all with the way he left and then went on to join United

" it looks quite small from up here but it's actually quite large"........Dougal?

He was just breaking through when I started supporting Liverpool so I'll always have a bit of a soft spot for him - people forget just how good he was in those first few years at Liverpool. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that he was attracting Mbappe-like levels of hype after the '98 World Cup. But I don't think any fanbase really warmed to him - even while at Liverpool he never seemed to be as liked as Fowler or Gerrard though. He never seemed that into football either, which makes it really weird that he's regularly on as a pundit (he's not as bland as he used to be but still not great)

I'm glad i've finally heard someone else say they don't appreciate what MO did to LFC, not just myself - Yayyyyyy!! 😄 It's true - ya just don't turn ya back on your club you started your 1st team career at. Especially as he started professionally at the LFC academy! I used to appreciate Owen when he scored some great goals e.g. the 2 against Arsenal in the FA Cup final; against CD Alaves; in the Worthy Cup and the Wonder Goal for England. But then to eventually join with our arch rivals just cos he couldn't get back into LFC rather wiped that all out 🙄 * shaking head *

You should make a whole video about this. Can add Sterling to the list, Bobby Duncan, El-Hadji Diouf, Suaréz, Coutinho.

Someone asked Owen "Which way do you see this game going?" and his reply was "It can go one of 3 ways..."

Going to united was unforgiveable but Ill never forget him scoring a late winner v Chelsea right in front of me at Anfield.

He joined united which is unforgivable but he just doesn’t seem like a likeable person. I know a few people who have met him and they all say the same thing.

It was a joy watch him play, it's agony listening to him

That Dubai footage is so funny lmao

I did enjoy your stream 🍺🎉💥👍

Tbh..my hate for Owen reignited when I kept hearing his daughter in Love Island....talking about their damn horses and stables.......😒

There’s a number of reasons why Owen is disliked by Liverpool fans but growing up a blue & signing for the reds certainly didn’t help

Owen made his debut the season after I first got into football. He was my favourite player back then. He's made some mistakes but I don't really hate him.

I still love Owen. He was an incredible striker for us. Sure he went to Utd but that was because Liverpool wouldnt let him come back and that was our loss and fault. He is one of the best strikers we have ever seen

The pamphlet intermission 😂 Funny as fuck nearly everything to do with Owen is gold.

Might be worth doing a similar video on Torres

I can't believe I've never borne witness to that helicopter skit. Comedy genius.

I think I remember a quote from a Liverpool fan saying Owen was and England player who played for Liverpool but Fowler was a Liverpool player who played foe England. As as nufc fan I always thought he was an individual rather than a team player

From my memories it didn't go down well when he complained that the Kop didn't sing his name the same as they always sang for Robbie Fowler. I think that was the first I realised the Liverpool fans liked but not loved him.

Brilliant. Steve Maccananumumumumm next?

As a United fan I love Paul ince

The way he left the club was it for me. IMO, Liverpool was developing a team for Owen to shine (even God Fowler was casted aside) But he chose to go to 'a bigger club to win trophies'. Those allegations about poor post game / injury care during his time at Liverpool... sure, the club was going through a lot at the board level,etc. But erm, he couldn't afford personal medical experts to help himself out? And then joining Man Utd? 🤦‍♀️ If i ever bumped into him somewhere, I'd rather ignore him and say hi to the lamppost next to him.

I'm a Liverpool fan and I dont dislike Michael Owen. He was an incredibly skilful , intelligent striker. I remember younger Liverpool fans especially used to love him. He probably started top level football too early, which could have led to the injuries later in his career that pretty much ended his career. He was mediocre at best after he'd been binned by RM and Newcastle, so i couldn't care less he went to Man U. He should have stayed at Liverpool and Im sure he knows it.

Dear Andy, I (35) would think that we are of a similar vintage. I would love, just once, for somebody to do a deep dive/run down/explainer of what EXACTLY went on with the whole Gillet and Hicks thing... maybe somebody's written a book about it, and maybe there are vids on here about it, but I'm fully not gonna bother searching for it, I'm just gonna type it in here. Cuz like, ye always hear: "Ohhh it was a dark time for the club. It nearly went bust etc etc"... but ye never really hear anyone actually outlining what really went on there?? I remember Carragher wrote about it in his book, but I don't remember him goin tooo deep on it...

Didnt Owen say he'd never drank tea or coffee before? Ive heard the 5 film thing before.. The 13 yr old keeper almost got to his shots though to be fair But celebrating afterwards...geez..reminds me of Competitive Dad from The Fast Show..!! His pace was frightening as a youngster but the injuries just killed his career. Still got 40 goals for England.. Never would call him a liverpool legend myself.. His commentary is meh...

Not just 8million, we got the great Antonio Nunez too!

a vid about the liverpool "GREATS" who would not get into the first team today

Im a Liverpool fan i dont like Owen but love David Beckham, says a lot really

A massively underestimated piece of 'Owenacular' is his advert for Land Rover. Check that and tell me that this man knows anything of normal people and their ways... Joining untied was indeed the cardinal sin though, yeah....

He broke my 4 year old heart so fuck him haha. My earliest Liverpool memories are of me getting an away shirt with his name on the back. Then when I was around 10 years old he moves to Utd, at a time in which 3/4 of my mates were Utd supporters. For some of us, it can be hard to forgive. Seeing that goal (and celebration) against City at the 137th minute of Fergie Time or whatever it was definitely soured me on him forever lol.

Genuinely haven't got an issue with him joining MU as his other options were Hull or the bitters. Owen won a PL medal, fair play in my brain. It's the way Michael the rat refers to them as "we" while representing LFC as an ambassador. Now that's unforgivable. Great video 👍

The 'If you can't beat them, join them' comment has always pissed me off.

What pissed me off was when he was asked LFC to win the league or England for the world Cup and he said England

Everything in this video contributes to the reason some of us dislike him. The number one reason is of course the United move, but the United move doesn't come about without him chasing England, moving to Madrid and Newcastle and finally the personality that doesn't really consider moving to United might result in him being shunned by Liverpool fans as obvs they'll understand there is Michaels Owens personal glory on the line. The united move, if he just swerved that, then the other stuff would have softened over time and we'd have welcomed him back Fernando Torres style to a legends game. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but Rafa went the year after that transfer window. If Owen goes to Hull, or likewise for a year and proves he still has it, hes an open goal like Fowler in 2005 to get the fans onside for Roy Hodgson or for Kenny Dalglish to snap up the next season. But he chose the medal he sat on the bench for over the fans and he pays for it. Unloved by many at Liverpool, a punchline to a joke at United, disliked by Newcastle and irrelevant to Madrid. It was all for England and even there, once he failed to break the scoring record for England he became merely a footnote to David Beckhams story for England once Kane and Rooney all but wiped him away.

Another story is that he used to rock up to LFC academy training in an Everton kit

May be in a minority but i luv him. Hes the reason i started aupporting liverpool

For me, I do not blame McManaman in the slightest. We were a club going absolutely nowhere and he was a fantastic talent, and I admit it did kill me at the time but look at what he went on to achieve on the biggest of stages. you cannot call what he did a failure and I do not blame him whatsoever. He is as red as any of us, Owen, I don’t think so.

He never got over not being idolised in the same way as Fowler, when clearly he wanted and expected to be. Joining United didnt help, and later blaming Liverpool for his early decline.

I wouldn't be a liverpool fan if not for Owen. My family were not into football but did watch international. The first game I remember was Eng 5 Ger 0 and after than I knew I wamtes to support the team Owen played for. Mever changed my allegiance though.

We Liverpool fans dislike Owen because after years of thinking he was one of us he sold his soul for personal ambition.....TWICE. Madrid, then United.

"Bradford City are on fire" Michael Owen.

I don't, I LOVE Michael Owen. (He ALWAYS speaks highly/positively about Liverpool as a pundit) You can't knock a Man for making a decision about his future- He made a HUGE success of himself- Great for him

Yeah, he should not have joined UTD. However, let's not forget the good memories, Like the 2001 FA Cup Final. We were being outplayed and losing to Arsenal, until up stepped Owen with 2 goals in the last ten minutes. l remember the headlines the next day. "He did it all on his Owen."

Ive always thought 5 or 7 minute snippet videos of historical players and their achievements at Liverpool, in a profiling fashion, would be an entertaining way of learning or reinforcing our history, legend and romance.... but I'm not arsed to start a YT channel.😂

Owen is an overpowered NPC

Going to the archenemy is definitely NO,NO. I would rather him going to Saudi(maybe not then but he would if he is playing now)

"If you can't beat them, then join them" simple really.

Really enjoyed that, thanks! I guess like many LFC fans, my biggest complaint is Man Utd related, but that's just the symptom; he's a mercenary who seems desperate for approval from anywhere, regardless of burning bridges or looking like a bit of a tit. Never knew about the brochure though.. googled it and now I can't unsee it 🤣

He was a fantastic player, amazing. Joined Utd so can’t stand him

That dubai advert my god, he's supposed to be in a plane but it acts like a helicopter. Perfect advert for Owen I think, spectacularly inconsistent.

Ask a scouser. Simple. However, Liverpool fans aren't just scousers anymore.

Why Do Liverpool Fans Dislike Michael Owen? .... he went to Manchester United ......

Andy. Could you do a piece on Xabi Alonso? Fucking legend

Watch the video of him celebrating a goal against a 10 year old goalkeeper. Even the trainer called him out on it.

He just decided to do one, and he also went to utd.

He was a brilliant striker, but no Fowler. He didn't love the club and was a mercenary.

Don't forget the way he rolls over and begs in ref watch. He should bring a footballer's point of view to the commentary but he rolls over and agrees and never asks any awkward questions of the PGMOL. But that one is more why football fans dislike Owen and not just LFC fans.

He’s one of those mates that have to buy a couple rounds to have friends. Just seems like a right prick which in my experience is very un-Liverpool like.

Have you also heard that Owen dislikes films and has never even watched one? ... like ????

MUST be Diouf next.. please.

Putting on that utd shirt on was the one for me. Great player but going to the scum was horrible.

Have you SEEN his Range Rover advert???????

He was very good as a player for Liverpool, but as a pundit he's terrible! Alan Hansen he is not!

MO was incredible for a few years, then forced his way out on the cheap, and then joined United - he tarnished his legacy not us. He's also not that likeable as a personality. Not sure why i got suggested this 11 months late but here we are.

Didn't he go to united so Slurgison would let him use his horses for stud? He was on the TNT euro show this season and was as dull as always. Then James richardson just happens to mention on the Totally Football pod that he immediately flew to dubai to watch his horse run after the show. He has no affection for the game. It's a mean to an ends.

Lucas Leiva redemption arc?