Michael Owen deserves to win the European Footballer of the Year award, his Liverpool and England team mate Steven Gerrard said today.
"Michael has to be one of the favourites. His scoring record since the Worthington [League] Cup final in February has been incredible. He deserves it," Gerrard was quoted as saying in the
Daily Star
newspaper.
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"Michael is in devastating form. And it's the way he scores such important goals which makes him so precious.
"With the way we [Liverpool] play, we're never bothered about teams trying to come and defend against us because with Michael in the side we always have a chance of scoring."
Fifty players were nominated last week for the Golden Ball, awarded annually by France Footballmagazine.