Michael Owen

By Tony Barrett on May 29, 07 03:10 PM

AFTER Athens, there is a feeding frenzy going on over all things Liverpool in the national media.
If it's not Benitez at loggerheads with Parry, it's the Americans failing to provide the funding they'd promised.
God only knows what is actually going on at Anfield but one thing's for sure - a football club going through a massive period of change is always going to be a troubled place, especially after losing a European Cup final.
So at the moment, the vultures are hovering, all looking to feed off what they think is the rotting carcas of Liverpool FC.

We should all take much of what is being written with an even bigger pinch of salt than usual while this is going on.
Today, there was another attempt to divide people at Liverpool in an article which suggested Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard had both gone over Rafa Benitez's head to tell our new American owners to sign Michael Owen.
Now, I know both Gerrard and Carragher are very friendly with Owen. And, in actual fact, Owen was one of the first people Carra rang after losing the Champions League final.
Also, both Liverpool players still rate their former team-mate incredibly highly and I'd imagine both would love to see him back in a red shirt.
But I have it on extremely good authority that neither went behind their manager's back, which can only mean someone is making mischief.
It is unlikely to be the writer of the story because Henry Winter isn't that type of journalist. So I can only presume he felt compelled to write the story after speaking to a contact who he trusted.
What their reasons for feeding him this mis-information for are unclear but their actions will only add to the feelings of instability and suspicion at Anfield.
The only way the club can counteract this is by closing ranks and putting on a united front.
Division is weakness and there is currently far too much division at Liverpool FC.
For our own part, we need to make sure we don't get excited at every bit of speculation being written about the club because that will only make a difficult situation even worse.