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Admittedly, Owen's "goals per starts" ratio remains impressive, but this clearly ignores those games where he is coming back from injury, yet includes any goals he scores at this time. The fact that he is making fewer starts as a proportion to his goals skews the stat in his favour. It wouldn't be the first time he'd received a massage to help his career out, would it?
Speaking on his injury troubles, the brochure contains a strong rebuttal from Owen's medical adviser, stating his" injury prone" reputation is “nonsense." This coming from the same doctor that treated Craig Bellamy, Kieron Dyer, Damien Duff, and Dean Ashton at various stages of his career. I'm sure West Ham and Manchester City will be delighted with his services.
Despite this claim, the dossier details a catalogue of problems Michael sustained, Owen's representatives expect us to believe he will rekindle his previous goal scoring heights, whilst simultaneously shake the niggling injuries that have plagued and hampered him over recent years. So, does past performance reflect future performance, or not? Apparently it does with goals, but not with injuries.
I don't doubt that Michael Owen used to be a fantastic goal scorer, and I'm sure that he could go on to have a degree of success with the right club. But his wage demands are ludicrous. How he can claim to be one of the best strikers in the world whilst also flirting with Hull City astounds me.
But on the plus side, he is “never late for training," and that's worth £100k a week of anyone's money.
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