Michael Owen burst onto the scene by running ragged a brilliant Argentina defence at just 18 years old. Three years later, he won the Ballon d’Or. Another three years after that, his body had failed him and he lost that blistering speed that made him so brilliant in the late ’90s and early ’00s.
He has spoken extensively about the difficult the numerous injuries he suffered from. His time at Liverpool came to an end because he was never fit, he then moved to Newcastle United and hardly featured, before playing out the embers of his career at Stoke City and other clubs.