I’m a bit on the fence on Owen. He’s in a role to sell the club to randos and sponsors in Asia and he was a boyhood Red. I don’t really think he should be there, but I know he did want to go back to LFC. It doesn’t get me all salty, but I see how it bothers some. There’s a bit of a double standard, but it is what it is.
I was in a similar boat for Torres in how he left, I figured they’d never accept him, but he seems to have rehabbed. I think going to Chelsea was way worse than being a bench and bit part sub at United.
As for the player at hand in discussion, I don’t think he’s worth it and I think Liverpool should aim for better. I also think if he was good enough, or a good enough bargain (he won’t be), you consider it. All the boos for being a Manc would be a pain, but if he had the stones and the stuff, the first four or five he bangs in would stop it. I think he has no love lost for United, but I don’t know that he’s the player to play through the grief he would get here just for playing there. There’s only a few who could cut that.