"A player with Owen's history of winning things at the club may be just the sort of face Rodgers' young squad could use as inspiration."
Liverpool's transfer dealings have left them woefully short up front and Christian Crowther thinks that Michael Owen is the solution...
As the storm clouds gather on Merseyside following a hugely disappointing defeat to Arsenal, Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers had admitted letting Andy Carroll go out on loan was a big mistake.
The Gunners convincing display and clinical 2-0 victory at Anfield has strengthened their position at 3.3512/5 to achieve a second successive top-three finish in the Premier League.
In the wake of defeat, Rodgers conceded that he may now have to turn to free agents in order to add some bite to his toothless forward line after Carroll was allowed to join West Ham on loan.
It was widely believed Liverpool would bring in at least one forward replacement for the departing Carroll at the end of the transfer window, however, when Clint Dempsey arrived at Tottenham instead, it became quite clear no one else would be joining.
This has since led to chairman John Henry writing an 'open letter' to Reds fans posted on the club's website to explain Liverpool's actions in the market.
The American owner indicated his shared disappointment at the club's failure to find reinforcements, but also defended a policy of prudence and building from within rather than overpaying for players (Kenny Dalglish take a bow).
In the short term at least, Rodgers has hinted that he will consider dipping into the free agent market with Michael Owen, Didier Drogba, Alessandro Del Piero and Nicolas Anelka among those names being bandied about.
Drogba and Anelka's futures at Shanghai Shenhua have been cast into some doubt by recent boardroom wrangling at the club.
However, despite offering maybe the most exciting prospect - with wages believed to be in the region of around £200,000 per week at present - it seems highly unlikely that Liverpool will be able to lay out the required finances for Drogba.
Anelka is in a similar financial bracket and sources close to Le Sulk have also indicated that the Frenchman has no real desire to make a move back to English football.
Del Piero does offer another interesting prospect for Rodgers, though at 37 the Italian might be considered a little too old to cut it in the physical Premier League environment, while he is thought close to joining Sydney FC.
Former Kop favourite Owen has publically admitted his desire to stay in the north west after being released by Manchester United, with Stoke and Sunderland also said to be hovering.
The 32-year-old may not be the same player who left Anfield for Real Madrid some eight years ago but he does have heaps of experience and a rich goalscoring record at Anfield, netting 158 times in 297 appearances for Liverpool.
Although Owen's career has been blighted by injury, surely Liverpool would have nothing to lose by re-signing the striker at this stage given the circumstances.
A player with Owen's history of winning things at the club may be just the sort of face Rodgers' young squad could use as inspiration.
Despite Liverpool's terrible start to the season, the Reds are still available at 2.226/5 to achieve a top six place come May.
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