Michael Owen Named Liverpool's International Ambassador, Fans React Badly

Liverpool fans were left fuming on Thursday with the news from the club's official Twitter account that Michael Owen is to become its first official international ambassador.

Owen scored 147 goals in 274 appearances for the Reds before leaving for Real Madrid in 2004. He returned to England with Newcastle United in 2005 but broke his first club's cardinal rule when he joined archrivals Manchester United in 2009.

And that betrayal was brought to the fore again following the announcement that Owen would be rejoining Liverpool in an ambassadorial role:

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@LFC are you serious

— Kali (@MissAndreeva_) April 21, 2016"

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@LFC pic.twitter.com/deNQLOeJ7i

— Billy Liddell (@Liddellpool) April 21, 2016"

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@LFC nooooo

— Omkar (@lnClyned) April 21, 2016"

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@LFC is he going to become Man United's international ambassador in a few years as well?

— Paul (@Kolology) April 21, 2016"

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@LFC Man Utd's Michael Owen? No thanks.

— Beyond Finished (@Pelloki) April 21, 2016"

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@LFC snake

— MK (@Goalteke) April 21, 2016"

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@LFC SNAKEEEEEE

— Dan (@Jondanagan) April 21, 2016"

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@LFC 🐍🐍🐍

— Shane (@Blame_Suarez) April 21, 2016"

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.@LFC This is particularly infuriating when you have intelligent, articulate, LOYAL ex-players like @officialbarnesy out there to rep club!

— Neil Cafferky (@neilcaff) April 21, 2016"

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Outstanding trolling @LFC

— 2016ean (@seancourt) April 21, 2016"

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@LFC this man is the anti-thesis of everything LFC stands for. He should be the last LFC consider as a 'global ambassador'.

— Craig Gundersen (@CGundo) April 21, 2016"

Yeah, the news hasn't gone down all that well...

[Twitter]