Owen: I'm playing for the best team in the world

Michael Owen was today unveiled as Real Madrid’s latest ‘galactico’ at the Santiago Bernabeu and claimed he was happy to be joining “the best team in the world”.

Owen: I'm playing for the best team in the world
Sat, 14 Aug, 2004 - 13:40

Michael Owen was today unveiled as Real Madrid’s latest ‘galactico’ at the Santiago Bernabeu and claimed he was happy to be joining “the best team in the world”.

The England striker passed a medical last night after Liverpool accepted an £8m (€11.9m)-plus-player offer from the Spanish giants.

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