Rafa snubbed Owen

[Beefy]

Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has revealed he snubbed summer pleas from senior players to bring Michael Owen back to Anfield.

Owen left Liverpool in 2004 to join Real Madrid and the striker has since returned to the Premier League with Newcastle.

Having identified that Liverpool were in desperate need of a clinical finisher ahead of the start of this season, Benitez opted not to attempt to try and lure Owen from the grasp of Newcastle and instead plumped for the £25million purchase of Fernando Torres from Atletico Madrid.

And the move appears to have been a shrewd piece of business as 23-year-old Torres has hit 18 league goals this season, while Owen has only netted on four occasions.

[Beefy]

Well done Rafa, god knows where Liverpool would have been with Owen instead of Torres. In Owens defence though he is playing with a shit team in Newcastle.

[RedRedRobinSTFC]

That's the problem. He isn't getting the service at Newcastle.

[Beefy]

Even if he got the service, i think the injuries he's had have taken it out of him. I can't ever see him getting back to his old self

[RedRedRobinSTFC]

Yes a good point. He was probably relied on a bit too much in his early career and he paid the price with some bad injuries later on. Maybe even a bit burned out by the age of 24 I feel ...