Manchester United striker
Michael Owen says he won't be fazed facing former club
Liverpool this season.
"I used to play for Liverpool
and I know a couple of the players, but there have been a lot of
changes there," he said. "I am quite mature about football. I don't
feel the need to react if people sing a song about me. Call me
boring but it is not in my make-up."
There is a certain irony in the shift of opinion on Owen's
career that has taken place since his Old Trafford move was
confirmed.
From being a washed-up old has-been, destined for the scrap
yard, the 29-year-old is now on the cusp of a complete
rejuvenation, gone from Phil Brown's Hull to Ferguson's United.
It is quite a transformation although, as ever, the truth is far
more mundane.
"There are some clubs from whom it is quite good if they say
they want to sign you," he said. "It gives their fans a lift to
think their team is going in for a player like Michael Owen.
"But I could have gone to a number of other clubs who were doing
things much more quietly.
"And, in the end, the one man who in world football who you
would want a good opinion from is the one man who wanted to sign
me."