Former Real Madrid forward Michael Owen has revealed he never actually wanted to join the club and couldn’t wait for a return to the Premier League.
The striker signed for Los Blancos from Liverpool in 2004 but left just a year later for Newcastle United having failed to settle in the Spanish capital. He scored 18 goals in 41 games for Real.
Speaking on BT Sport, Owen was asked about his time at the club and if there were any similarities between his situation and that of Gareth Bale – who has also been linked with a move back to the Premier League in the summer. Bale, however, is keen to stay at the club.
Owen said: “Towards the end of the season I was wanting to come back to the Premier League to be honest. I never really wanted to go in the first place.
“I was happy at Liverpool and then just got presented with the opportunity and thought ‘I can’t say no to that – it’s such a good opportunity I’ll always be able to come back if I don’t like it’.”
He added: “My family didn’t particularly settle out there and if anything I did want to come back into the Premier League. It was a World Cup year at the end of [the 2005-06 season] and I wanted to be playing all the time.”
“I enjoyed it [at Real Madrid], I loved the football, I got on with the lads – but I loved the Premier League more.”
Honestly as I have open discribes the situation of the club player,bale he was not playing well on his position he can’t even drible by himself