I won the Ballon d'Or with Liverpool but one trophy would have meant a lot more

Michael Owen has suggested that he would trade his Ballon d’Or trophy for a Champions League winners’ medal with Liverpool . Owen was Liverpool’s golden boy around the turn of the century, having come through the academy in the 1990s and developed into a superstar first-team striker. As a 17-year-old prodigy, he lit the league up with his lightning pace in behind defences and clinical finishing. That earned him the Premier League golden boot award in his first two full seasons and established him as a world-class player despite his tender age.
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