'Owen Wanted To Come'

Gerrard: "I know Michael Owen wanted to come here. I have got a good enough relationship with him to know that. That he didn't was down to Liverpool not making it happen, rather than Michael not wanting to come."
"It's difficult for me to say what difference he might have made the other night, but Michael Owen scores goals. Domestically, in Europe and at international level he has proved that."
"Someone asked me after Wednesday's game if I would like him back, and it's a silly question ... of course I would love to have him back."
"Statistics don't lie - I'm not going to disguise the fact that we need a poacher. The problem we have got is obvious."
"Peter has never been prolific, and I don't think he is ever going to be. He's a target man, you will only get the maximum out of him if you play him alongside a prolific striker, and we have not got one at the moment."